Commercialization and the balance of women's dual roles in non-income-pooling West African households

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 589-594

  Smith, Lisa C ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^b  

^a Amer Assoc for the Adv of Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALISATION; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING REGION; GENDER ROLE; HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS; RURAL ECONOMICS; WOMEN'S STATUS;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0031428440     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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