Education and the global fertility transition-foreword

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  James, K S ^a   Skirbekk, Vegard ^b   Bavel, Jan Van ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84876994215     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2012s1     Document Type: Article

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