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Subnational birth squeezes: male-female TFR differences across eight high- and middle-income countries over time

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  • Henrik-Alexander Schubert

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

  • Christian Dudel

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

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  • Henrik-Alexander Schubert & Christian Dudel, 2025. "Subnational birth squeezes: male-female TFR differences across eight high- and middle-income countries over time," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2025-025, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
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    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2025-025
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