Widows versus daughters or widows as daughters? property, land, and economic security in rural India

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-48

  Agarwal, Bina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENDER ISSUES; LAND OWNERSHIP; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RURAL ECONOMY; WIDOWHOOD;

INDIA;

EID: 0031861948     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X98002935     Document Type: Article

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