Tests of Intrahousehold Resource Allocation Using a CV Framework: A Comparison of Husbands' and Wives' Separate and Joint WTP in the Slums of Navi-Mumbai, India

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 606-619

  Prabhu, Vimalanand S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Asia; behavioral aggregation; contingent valuation; India; intrahousehold resource allocation; Malaria vaccine willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MALARIA; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VACCINE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI;

EID: 77049124962     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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