Fertility, agricultural labor supply, and production: Instrumental variable evidence from Uganda

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 581-607

  Van Campenhout, Bjorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fertility; Instrumental variables; Labor supply; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020167291     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/age.2016.26     Document Type: Article

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