The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict, and Moral Hazard in the Brazilian Favelas

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 359-397

  Bursztyn, Leonardo ^a   Coffman, Lucas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; MORALITY; PARENTAL CARE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84863822092     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666746     Document Type: Article

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