Volume 33 - Article 4 | Pages 93–112  

Explaining fertility: The potential for integrative approaches: Introduction to the Special Collection "Theoretical Foundations of the Analysis of Fertility"

By Johannes Huinink, Martin Kohli, Jens Ehrhardt

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