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Democracy and Demography

Societal Effects of Fertility Limits on Local Leaders

S. Anukriti and Abhishek Chakravarty
Journal of Human Resources, January 2019, 54 (1) 79-121; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.1.1016.8308R2
S. Anukriti
S Anukriti is Assistant Professor of Economics at Boston College and a research affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Abhishek Chakravarty is Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester
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