The influence of educational field, occupation, and occupational sex segregation on fertility in the Netherlands

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 720-742

  Begall, Katia ^a   Mills, Melinda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84882447915     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs051     Document Type: Article

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