Modelling the constraints on consanguineous marriage when fertility declines

Demographic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 277-312

  Barakat, Bilal ^a   Basten, Stuart ^b  

^a International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84897786137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.9     Document Type: Article

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