Marriage institutions and sibling competition: Evidence from South Asia

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Vogl, Tom S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; LITERACY; MARRIAGE; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; SKILLED LABOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84880288930     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt011     Document Type: Article

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