Gender and savings in rural India

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-470

  Deolalikar, Anil ^a   Rose, Elaina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; India; Intrahousehold allocation; Savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032218496     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050079     Document Type: Article

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