Women's access to credit: Does it matter for household efficiency?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 669-683

  Fletschner, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Credit; Efficiency; Intrahousehold; Paraguay; Women

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD;

PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45449117295     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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