Public goods access and juvenile sex ratios in rural india: Evidence from the 1991 and 2001 village Census data

ADB Economics Working Paper Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-42

  Deolalikar, Anil B ^a   Hasan, Rana ^b   Somanathan, Rohini ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Economics and Research Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HETEROGENEITY; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; SEX RATIO; VILLAGE;

INDIA;

EID: 77949343517     PISSN: 16555252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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