Gender bias, credit constraints and time allocation in rural India

Economic Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 465, 2000, Pages 738-758

  Rose, Elaina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; RURAL AREA; TIME ALLOCATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0033941074     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00563     Document Type: Article

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