FERTILITY-REDUCING DYNAMICS OF WOMEN'S SOCIAL STATUS AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-264

  Skirbekk, Vegard ^a   Samir, K C ^a  

^a International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)   (Australia)

Author keywords

education; fertility; self reinforcing dynamics; status seeking

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FERTILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84866148014     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2012.714667     Document Type: Article

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