Seasonality and Wage Responsiveness in a Developing Agrarian Economy

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-204

  Kanwar, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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EID: 2442459964     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-9049.2003.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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