The effect of fertility reduction on economic growth

Population and Development Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-130

  Ashraf, Quamrul H ^a   Weil, David N ^b   Wilde, Joshua ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION; FERTILITY; MACROECONOMICS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84875542684     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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