Economics without money; sex without gender: A critique of Philipson and Posner's private choices and public health: The aids epidemic in an economic perspective

Feminist Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-24

  Christensen, Kimberly ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Gender inequality; HIV AIDS; Neoclassical economics; Poverty; Racial inequality; Safe sex; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032387545     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457098338400     Document Type: Review

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