Risk, Financial Markets, and Human Capital in a Developing Country

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-335

  Jacoby, Hanan G ^a   Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN CAPITAL; RURAL HOUSEHOLD; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0031455564     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2971716     Document Type: Article

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