Risk sharing within the extended family: Evidence from the Indonesia family life survey

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-94

  Witoelar, Firman ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SECURITY;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84888195239     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671715     Document Type: Article

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