Rural electrification and fertility - evidence from Cô te d'Ivoire

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 753-766

  Peters, Jörg ^a   Vance, Colin ^a,b  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ELECTRIFICATION; FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL IMPACT;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 79958727634     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2010.527954     Document Type: Article

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