Grandmothers and granddaughters: Old-age pensions and intrahousehold allocation in South Africa

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-25

  Duflo, Esther ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER ROLE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NUTRITION; PENSION SYSTEM; WELFARE PROVISION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0037824421     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhg013     Document Type: Article

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