Social roles, human capital, and the intrahousehold division of labor: Evidence from Pakistan

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-80

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Quisumbing, Agnes R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR DIVISION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0037233798     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/55.1.36     Document Type: Article

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