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“their long history, and the cultural milieu in which they operate inevitably lead to such family policies having a fertilitysupporting effect (Björklund 2006; Andersson 2008; J. M. Hoem 2005).”
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- Authors
- Björklund, A.
- Affiliations
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Björklund, Anders
- Venue
- Journal of Population Economics
- Published
- 2006-01-13
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-24
- ISSN
- 0933-1433 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-1475
- OpenAlex
- W1541331569
- Cited by
- 231
- References
- 25
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- FWCI
- 39.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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- Journal of Population Economics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Forskningsrådet för Arbetsliv och Socialvetenskap
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Policies and Family
- Keywords
- family policy, fertility, family allowances, in-kind support, birth spacing, completed fertility, educational attainment and fertility, Sweden, women's reproductive choices, cross-national comparison
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