Polygyny and Child Growth: Evidence From Twenty-Six African Countries.
Using household data from twenty-six African countries, this study examines the correlation between four measures of polygyny and child growth. External validity is added to existing small-sample evidence by investigating this correlation across many countries and by controlling for, as well as expl...
| Publicado en: | Feminist Economics Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 105 - 131 |
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