The within-household schooling decision: A study of children in rural Andhra Pradesh

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-239

  Ota, Masako ^a   Moffatt, Peter G ^b  

^a JICA Pakistan Office   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth order; India; Schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846547078     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0033-z     Document Type: Article

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