Gender disparity in access to information: Do spouses share what they know?

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1422-1433

  Fletschner, Diana ^a   Mesbah, Dina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Financial markets; Information; Intrahousehold; Latin America; Paraguay; Women

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GENDER DISPARITY; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; UNITED NATIONS; WOMENS STATUS;

LATIN AMERICA; PARAGUAY;

EID: 79960334392     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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