Inheritance: A Gendered and Intergenerational Dimension of Poverty

Development Policy Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-541

  Cooper, Elizabeth ^a   Bird, Kate ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender equity; Inheritance; Intergenerational transmission; Land; Policy; Poverty; Women

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; GENDER ROLE; POVERTY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84864805140     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2012.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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