Child allowances and allocative decisions in Romanian households

Applied Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1513-1521

  Sahn, David E ^a   Gerstle, Ari ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4043137143     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000217986     Document Type: Article

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