Joint titling - A win-win policy? Gender and property rightsin urban informal settlementsin Chandigarh, India

Feminist Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 271-298

  Datta, Namita ^a  

^a Indian Administrative Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Housing; India; Informal settlements; Joint titles; Property rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645776282     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500508569     Document Type: Article

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