Measuring gender well-being with biological welfare indicators

Gender and Well-Being in Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 43-58

  Guntupalli, Aravinda ^a   Baten, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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