Do women delay family formation in expensive housing markets?

BACKGROUND Recent research by demographers and economists has examined the link between living costs and fertility outcomes. The literature has provided some evidence that high rents, or high housing costs, discourage fertility. OBJECTIVE I re-examine the hypothesis that delayed fertility (age at fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: William A.V. Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2012-07-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol27/1/