Birth order and human capital development: Evidence from ecuador

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-392

  De Haan, Monique ^c,d   Plug, Erik ^a,b   Rosero, José ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CESifo   (Norway)

^e Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos in Quito Ecuador   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; HUMAN CAPITAL; POVERTY;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84898051532     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.49.2.359     Document Type: Article

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