Children's resources in collective households: Identification, estimation, and an application to child poverty in Malawi

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 438-471

  Dunbar, Geoffrey R ^a   Lewbel, Arthur ^b   Pendakur, Krishna ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84873309370     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.1.438     Document Type: Article

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