Resources at marriage and intrahousehold allocation: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and South Africa

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-327

  Quisumbing, Agnes R ^a   Maluccio, John A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0038619382     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.t01-1-00052     Document Type: Review

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