Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea

Demographic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1463-1494

  Yoo, Sam Hyun ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84902469022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.53     Document Type: Article

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