Differential Fertility, Human Capital, and Development
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Fertility; children; poor countries; family size; siblings; consumption;All these keywords.
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- D19 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Other
- D60 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - General
- I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
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