Intra-household inequality: A challenge for the capability approach?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 93-115

  Iversen, Vegard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency and choice; Amartya Sen; Capabilities; Gender relations and power; Intra household inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744276404     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570032000080868     Document Type: Review

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