Sex composition of children, parental separation, and parity progression: Is Finland a Nordic outlier?
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.2
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Keywords
Finland; parity progression; separation; parental boy/girl preference; longitudinal population register data;All these keywords.
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- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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