How the west "invented" fertility restriction

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2227-2264

  Voigtlander, Nico ^a   Voth, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

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EID: 84886042688     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.6.2227     Document Type: Article

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