Food Security, Gender, and Occupational Choice among Urban Low-Income Households

World Development

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-99

  Floro, Maria Sagrario ^a   Bali Swain, Ranjula ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asia; Food security; Gender; Latin America; Self employment; Urban food informal sector

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; GENDER; INFORMAL SECTOR; LOW INCOME HOUSING; OCCUPATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; URBAN SOCIETY;

BOLIVIA; ECUADOR; PHILIPPINES; THAILAND;

EID: 84872409709     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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