Women as agents of change: Female income and mobility in India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Luke, Nancy ^a   Munshi, Kaivan ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Education; Female income; Gender; Globalization; Household decisions; Marital violence; Marriage; Mobility; Networks

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ISSUE; GLOBALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MOBILITY; MARRIAGE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 77957799566     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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