The Effect of Women's Bargaining Power on Child Nutrition in Rural Senegal

World Development

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-30

  Lépine, Aurélia ^a   Strobl, Eric ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c IPAG LAB   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Child nutrition; Instrumental variable; Senegal; Woman's bargaining power

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ETHNICITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; WOMENS STATUS;

SENEGAL;

EID: 84875805437     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.12.018     Document Type: Article

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