Economic resources and the first child in Italy: A focus on income and job stability

Demographic Research

Volumn 25, Issue , 2011, Pages 311-336

  Santarelli, Elisabetta ^a  

^a Demography ^*  (Italy)

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EID: 80054082230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.9     Document Type: Article

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