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Socialized Healthcare and Women’s Fertility Decisions

Resul Cesur, Pinar Mine Gunes, Erdal Tekin and Aydogan Ulker
Published online before print March 09, 2021, 0419-10155R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.1.0419-10155R3
Resul Cesur
Resul Cesur is an associate professor of healthcare economics in the Department of Finance at University of Connecticut, a research fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
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Pinar Mine Gunes
Pinar Mine Gunes is an assistant professor in the department of economics at University of Alberta.
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  • For correspondence: gunes{at}ualberta.ca
Erdal Tekin
Erdal Tekin is a professor of public policy in the School of Public Affairs at American University, a research fellow at the IZA, and a research associate at the NBER.
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Aydogan Ulker
Aydogan Ulker is an associate professor of economics in the department of economics in Deakin Business School.
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