Rainfall variability, occupational choice, and welfare in rural Bangladesh

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 589-634

  Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit ^a   Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Climate variability; Rural occupation; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938569614     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-013-9203-z     Document Type: Article

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