Are Children Decision-Makers within the Household?

Economic Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 553, 2011, Pages 871-903

  Dauphin, Anyck ^a   El Lahga, Abdel Rahmen ^b   Fortin, Bernard ^c   Lacroix, Guy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958035800     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02404.x     Document Type: Article

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