Endogenous gender power, household labor supply and the demographic transition

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 138-155

  Iyigun, Murat ^a,b,c   Walsh, Randall P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Education; Fertility; Gender gap

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FEMALE EDUCATION; FERTILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; MICROECONOMICS; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 33750948801     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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