The sectoral labor supply of married couples in Brazil: Testing the unitary model of household behavior

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 591-606

  Tiefenthaler, Jill ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Household bargaining; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241637     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050115     Document Type: Article

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