Child ability and household human capital investment decisions in Burkina Faso

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-186

  Akresh, Richard ^a   Bagby, Emilie ^b   Walque, Damien De ^c   Kazianga, Harounan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN CAPITAL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIBLING;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84866721214     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666953     Document Type: Article

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