Varying association between education and second births in Europe: Comparative analysis based on the EU-SILC data

Demographic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 813-860

  Klesment, Martin ^a,b   Puur, Allan ^a   Rahnu, Leen ^a   Sakkeus, Luule ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84920269384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.27     Document Type: Article

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