The Intra-household Economics of Polygyny: Fertility and Child Mortality in Rural Mali
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- Harounan Kazianga & Stefan Klonner, 2009. "The Intra-household Economics of Polygyny: Fertility and Child Mortality in Rural Mali," Economics Working Paper Series 0902, Oklahoma State University, Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business.
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Keywords
intrahousehold models; polygyny; child mortality; fertility; Mali;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2009-04-25 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2009-04-25 (Development)
- NEP-HAP-2009-04-25 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HEA-2009-04-25 (Health Economics)
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