Altruism, household co-residence and women's health investment in rural Bangladesh

The Social Economics of Poverty: On Identities, Communities, Groups, and Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 303-322

  Foster, Andrew D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33947275590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203799659     Document Type: Chapter

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