Weather Shocks, Agricultural Production and Migration: Evidence from Tanzania

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 665-680

  Kubik, Zaneta ^a   Maurel, Mathilde ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b Health Economics Program   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; INTERNAL MIGRATION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84958034263     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2015.1107049     Document Type: Article

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