Gender discrimination, intrahousehold resource allocation, and importance of spouses' fathers: Evidence on household expenditure from rural India

Developing Economies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-439

  Fuwa, Nobuhiko ^a   Ito, Seiro ^b   Kubo, Kensuke ^b   Kurosaki, Takashi ^c   Sawada, Yasuyuki ^d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPING ECONOMIES   (Japan)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender discrimination; India; Intrahousehold expenditure; Unitary versus collective household models

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; GENDER DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750442547     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: 17461049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2006.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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