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The high fertility of college educated women in Norway : an artefact of the 'piecemeal approach'

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  • Kravdal,O., 2001. "The high fertility of college educated women in Norway : an artefact of the 'piecemeal approach'," Memorandum 22/2001, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
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