Who gets to look nice and who gets to play? Effects of child gender on household expenditures
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Gender differences; Household expenditures; Early childhood;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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