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Who, What, Where, and When? Specifying the Impact of Educational Attainment and Labour Force Participation on Family Formation

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ID11294989
AuthorsAart C Liefbroer (0000-0002-7884-3150, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute), Martine Corijn (Population and Social Policy Consultants)
Year1999
Volume15
Issue1
Pages45-75
Publication date1999-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0168-6577 • E-ISSN: 1572-9885
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1023/a:1006137104191
PMID12159001
OpenAlexW311052863
LanguageEN
Citations received133
References cited30

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Family life · Fertility · Flemish · Geography · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Unemployment · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology

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