The long-run determinants of fertility: One century of demographic change 1900-1999

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-385

  Herzer, Dierk ^a   Strulik, Holger ^b   Vollmer, Sebastian ^b,c  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Fertility; Mortality; Panel cointegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869112532     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-012-9085-6     Document Type: Article

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