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The importance of education for fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa is substantially underestimated when community effects are ignored

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  • Kravdal,O., 2001. "The importance of education for fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa is substantially underestimated when community effects are ignored," Memorandum 03/2001, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
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    1. Kravdal, Øystein, 2009. "Child mortality in India: Exploring the community-level effect of education," HERO Online Working Paper Series 2003:4, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme.
    2. Øystein Kravdal, 2002. "Education and fertility in sub-Saharan africa: Individual and community effects," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 39(2), pages 233-250, May.
    3. Adjiwanou, Vissého & Bougma, Moussa & LeGrand, Thomas, 2018. "The effect of partners' education on women's reproductive and maternal health in developing countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 197(C), pages 104-115.

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