Credit and women's group membership in South India: Testing models of intrahousehold allocative behavior

Feminist Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 27-62

  Holvoet, Nathalie ^a  

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Author keywords

Asia; Credit; Gender; Health; India; Intrahousehold allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444452060     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500301072     Document Type: Review

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