Social roles, human capital, and the intrahousehold division of labour: evidence from Pakistan

Using detailed data from rural Pakistan, this paper investigates whether human capital, learning by doing, gender, and one's status within the family - heretoforth family status - affect the division of labor within households. Results suggest the presence of returns to individual specializatio...

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Autores principales: Fafchamps, M, Quisumbing, A
Formato: Working paper
Publicado: University of Oxford 2000