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Remittances and fertility in Jamaica

Adian McFarlanea School of Management, Economics, and Mathematics, King’s University College at Western University Canada, London, Ontario, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6495-6237
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Leanora Brownb Department of Economics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0359-7653
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Anupam Dasc Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies, Mount Royal University Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1305-1309 | Published online: 05 Mar 2023

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