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The role of kinship networks in childcare at birth: evidence from three Latin American countries

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  • Mariana Fernández Soto
  • Ana Escoto
  • Diego Alburez-Gutierrez

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

  • Iván Williams

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

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  • Mariana Fernández Soto & Ana Escoto & Diego Alburez-Gutierrez & Iván Williams, 2026. "The role of kinship networks in childcare at birth: evidence from three Latin American countries," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2026-012, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2026-012
    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2026-012
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    1. Andrés Felipe Castro Torres, 2021. "Analysis of Latin American Fertility in Terms of Probable Social Classes," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 37(2), pages 297-339, April.
    2. Hal Caswell, 2019. "The formal demography of kinship: A matrix formulation," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 41(24), pages 679-712.
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