Assets at marriage in rural Ethiopia

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-25

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Quisumbing, Agnes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Inheritance; Intergenerational transfers; Intrahousehold allocation; Marriage market

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17044364689     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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