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Stalls in Africa’s fertility decline partly result from disruptions in female education

Endale Kebede, Anne Goujon, and Wolfgang Lutz
PNAS February 19, 2019 116 (8) 2891-2896; first published February 4, 2019; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717288116
Endale Kebede
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  1. Contributed by Wolfgang Lutz, October 18, 2018 (sent for review October 3, 2017; reviewed by John Casterline and Alex C. Ezeh)

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vol. 116 no. 8 2891-2896
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717288116
PubMed: 
30718411

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National Academy of Sciences
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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  • Published in issue February 19, 2019.
  • Published first February 4, 2019.

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  1. Endale Kebedea,
  2. Anne Goujona, and
  3. Wolfgang Lutza,1
  1. aWittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/OeAW, WU), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
  1. Contributed by Wolfgang Lutz, October 18, 2018 (sent for review October 3, 2017; reviewed by John Casterline and Alex C. Ezeh)

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: lutz{at}iiasa.ac.at.
  • Author contributions: E.K., A.G., and W.L. designed research, performed research, contributed new reagents/analytic tools, analyzed data, and wrote the paper.

  • Reviewers: J.C., Ohio State University; and A.C.E., Center for Global Development.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1717288116/-/DCSupplemental.

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