Arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh: A household labor market approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 407-414

  Carson, Richard T ^a   Koundouri, Phoebe ^b   Nauges, Céline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; LABOR SUPPLY; MITIGATION; RURAL POPULATION; WATER QUALITY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BANGLADESH;

SOLEIDAE;

EID: 79960062649     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aaq110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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