Chapter 4 Intrahousehold distribution and the family

Handbook of Population and Family Economics

Volumn 1, Issue PART A, 1997, Pages 125-187

  Behrman, Jere R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77956787756     PISSN: 1574003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-003X(97)80021-9     Document Type: Review

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