Labor and women's nutrition: The impact of work effort and fertility on nutritional status in Ghana

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 577-595

  Higgins, Paul A ^a,c   Alderman, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY COST; LABOUR INTENSITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMEN'S NUTRITION;

GHANA;

EID: 0031450573     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146184     Document Type: Article

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