The role of education and family background in marriage, childbearing, and labor market participation in Senegal

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 369-403

  Marchetta, Francesca ^a   Sahn, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; EDUCATION; FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; MARRIAGE;

SENEGAL;

EID: 84952930458     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683982     Document Type: Review

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