The 1997 Asian economic crisis and changes in the pattern of socioeconomic differentials in Korean fertility

Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 110-131

  Kim, Doo Sub ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84856776295     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203890066     Document Type: Chapter

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