Family planning in a life-cycle model with income risk

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Family planning in a life-cycle model with income risk. / Ejrnæs, Mette; Jørgensen, Thomas Høgholm.

In: Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 35, No. 5, 2020, p. 567-586.

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Ejrnæs, M & Jørgensen, TH 2020, 'Family planning in a life-cycle model with income risk', Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 567-586. https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2766

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Ejrnæs, M., & Jørgensen, T. H. (2020). Family planning in a life-cycle model with income risk. Journal of Applied Econometrics, 35(5), 567-586. https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2766

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Ejrnæs M, Jørgensen TH. Family planning in a life-cycle model with income risk. Journal of Applied Econometrics. 2020;35(5):567-586. https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2766

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Ejrnæs, Mette ; Jørgensen, Thomas Høgholm. / Family planning in a life-cycle model with income risk. In: Journal of Applied Econometrics. 2020 ; Vol. 35, No. 5. pp. 567-586.

Bibtex

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