Children capabilities: A structural equation model for India

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 436-450

  Di Tommaso, Maria Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Child well being; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047266019     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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