Volume 28 - Article 1 | Pages 1–32  

The effect of education on second births in Hungary: A test of the time-squeeze, self-selection and partner-effect hypotheses

By Tamás Bartus, Lívia Murinkó, Ivett Szalma, Bernadett Szél

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