Researching Within-Household Distribution: Overview, Developments, Debates, and Methodological Challenges

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 582-597

  Bennett, Fran ^a  

^a Department of Social Policy and Intervention ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Equality; Fairness; Family resource management; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878010033     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12020     Document Type: Article

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