Intrahousehold allocation of education expenditure: The case of Sri Lanka

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-258

  Himaz, Rozana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; GENDER RELATIONS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; STUDENT;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 72649094183     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648187     Document Type: Article

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