Social mobility and fertility: Applying diagonal reference models in historical studies (Sweden, 1870–2015).
Theoretically there are good reasons to expect social mobility to have an effect on fertility. The problem is how to assess such an effect empirically, as social mobility is a function of both social origin and destination. This paper presents the Diagonal Reference Model (DRM) as a valuable histori...
| Publicado en: | Historical Methods Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 111 - 123 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Apr-Jun2025
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