Dowry deaths: Response to weather variability in India

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 212-223

  Sekhri, Sheetal ^a   Storeygard, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Consumption smoothing; Crime; Dowry deaths; India; Weather shocks

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRIME; ECONOMIC IMPACT; RAINFALL; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

EID: 84908553497     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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