Male backlash, bargaining, or exposure reduction?: Women's working status and physical spousal violence in India

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-200

  Chin, Yoo Mi ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure reduction; Female employment; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 83955161733     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0382-8     Document Type: Article

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