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Intergenerational Transmission of Reproductive Behavior

Unraveling the intergenerational transmission of fertility: genetic and shared-environment effects during the demographic transition in the Netherlands, 1810–1910

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Pages 116-134 | Received 06 May 2013, Accepted 06 May 2013, Published online: 27 Jun 2013

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