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Flexibility of Household Structure

Child Fostering Decisions in Burkina Faso

Richard Akresh
Journal of Human Resources, October 2009, 44 (4) 976-997; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.4.976
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vol. 44 no. 4 976-997
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.4.976
Published By 
University of Wisconsin Press
Print ISSN 
0022-166X
Online ISSN 
1548-8004
History 
  • Received May 1, 2007
  • Accepted July 1, 2008
  • Published online October 26, 2009.
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© 2009 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

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