Nutritional status, the capacity for work, and poverty traps

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-37

  Dasgupta, Partha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Horizontal equity; Involuntary unemployment; Nutritional status; Poverty traps; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002484645     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(96)01804-0     Document Type: Article

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