The dynamics of agricultural production and the calorie-income relationship: Evidence from Pakistan

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 187-207

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Foster, Andrew D ^a   Rosenzweig, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calorie consumption; Income; Pakistan agriculture; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000712388     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(96)01812-X     Document Type: Article

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