A physiological foundation for the nutrition-based efficiency wage model

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-253

  Dalgaard, Carl Johan ^a   Strulik, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; NUTRITION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 79952838526     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpq031     Document Type: Article

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