The effect of childhood family size on fertility in adulthood. New evidence form IV estimation
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Keywords
Fertility; Intergenerational Transmission; Instrumental Variables;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C26 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2015-04-02 (Labour Economics)
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