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Is literacy shared within households? Theory and evidence for Bangladesh

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  • Basu, Kaushik
  • Narayan, Ambar
  • Ravallion, Martin

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Volume (Year): 8 (2001)
Issue (Month): 6 (December)
Pages: 649-665

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