REMITTANCES AND HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES ON EDUCATION IN GHANA'S NORTHERN REGION: WHY GENDER MATTERS.
Studies of the impact of migrant remittances on receiving households assume that these households act as a unit in receiving remittances and making decisions about their use. Thus, many of these studies use the gender of the household head as a key control variable. This study questions this assumpt...
| Publicado en: | Feminist Economics Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 74 - 101 |
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