The allometry of metabolism and stature: Worker fatigue and height in the Tanzanian labor market

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-521

  Price, Gregory N ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

C35; I15; J01; J20; JEL classification; O55

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; EDUCATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE UNION; WORK CAPACITY;

C35; I15; J01; J20; O55;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84888439557     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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