Marital Violence and Women's Employment and Property Status: Evidence from North Indian Villages

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1676-1689

  Bhattacharyya, Manasi ^a   Bedi, Arjun S ^b   Chhachhi, Amrita ^b  

^a Development Consultant   (Philippines)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; Domestic violence; Employment; House ownership; India

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOMEOWNERSHIP; VIOLENCE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 79961172847     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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