The cost of children: May the collective approach to household behavior help?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 503-521

  Bourguignon, François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Consumption behaviour; Cost of children; Intra household allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241631     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050111     Document Type: Article

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