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Education and the Global Fertility Transition

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  • K.S. James
  • Vegard Skirbekk
  • Jan Van Bavel

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  • K.S. James & Vegard Skirbekk & Jan Van Bavel, 2012. "Education and the Global Fertility Transition," Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, vol. 10(1), pages 1-8.
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