Education and household welfare

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 73-115

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Shilpi, Forhad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

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EID: 84907409456     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677805     Document Type: Review

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