The Child is Father Of the Man: Implications for the Demographic Transition

Economic Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 567, 2013, Pages 236-261

  De La Croix, David de la ^a   Licandro, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FERTILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION GROWTH; THEORY;

EID: 84874351092     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02523.x     Document Type: Article

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