Health and wages: Evidence on men and women in urban Brazil

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 159-185

  Thomas, Duncan ^a,b   Strauss, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometries; Brazil; Health; Nutrients; Wages

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN RESOURCES; INCOME; LABOR FORCE; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STATISTICS; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WAGE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HUMAN RESOURCES; INCOME; LABOR FORCE; LATIN AMERICA; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; WAGES;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY INTAKE; HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030694433     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(96)01811-8     Document Type: Article

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