Soap operas and fertility: Evidence from Brazil

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1-31

  La Ferrara, Eliana ^a   Chong, Alberto ^b   Duryea, Suzanne ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84873496986     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.4.4.1     Document Type: Article

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