Fertility decline and missing women

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 118-139

  Jayachandran, Seema ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85017391479     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.20150576     Document Type: Article

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