Differential nutritional responses across various income sources among East African pastoralists: Intrahousehold effects, missing markets and mental accounting

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-375

  Villa, Kira M ^a   Barrett, Christopher B ^a   Just, David R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PASTORALISM;

EAST AFRICA;

EID: 79951782051     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejq038     Document Type: Article

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