A simple test of the nutrition-based efficiency wage model

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-98

  Swamy, Anand V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency wage; Nutrition; Rural unemployment

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY WAGES; LABOUR MARKET; MODELLING APPROACH; NUTRITION-BASED EFFICIENCY WAGE MODEL; RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0031444662     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(97)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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