How resilient are labour markets to natural disasters? the case of the 1998 Bangladesh flood

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1954-1971

  Mueller, Valerie ^a   Quisumbing, Agnes ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CREDIT PROVISION; DISASTER RELIEF; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FLOOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NATURAL DISASTER; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84857820962     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2011.579113     Document Type: Article

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