A test of the unitary and collective models of household labour supply

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 443, 1997, Pages 933-955

  Fortin, Bernard ^a   Lacroix, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0000254081     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00001.x     Document Type: Article

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