Does welfare play any role in female headship decisions?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-117

  Hoyne, Hilary Williamson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family structure; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031206367     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0047-2727(97)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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