The extent of labour specialization in the extended family: A theoretical and empirical analysis

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-237

  Lacroix, Guy ^a   Picot, Michel ^b   Sofer, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Extended family; Ricardian specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032220197     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050066     Document Type: Article

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