Another mouth to feed? The effects of (in)fertility on malnutrition

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-347

  Jensen, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Malnutrition; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY;

INDIA;

EID: 84861789968     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifs014     Document Type: Article

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