Is consumption smooth at the cost of volatile leisure? An investigation of rural India

Applied Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 727-734

  Maitra, Pushkar ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; INCOME; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; RURAL ECONOMY;

INDIA;

EID: 0035003896     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840122570     Document Type: Article

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