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Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation

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Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation. / Beck, Ulrik; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn.
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 101, No. 2, 01.03.2019, p. 436-454.

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Beck, U, Singhal, S & Tarp, F 2019, 'Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation', American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 101, no. 2, pp. 436-454. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay082

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Beck, U., Singhal, S., & Tarp, F. (2019). Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 101(2), 436-454. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay082

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Beck U, Singhal S, Tarp F. Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2019 Mar 1;101(2):436-454. Epub 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1093/ajae/aay082

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Beck, Ulrik ; Singhal, Saurabh ; Tarp, Finn. / Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation. In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2019 ; Vol. 101, No. 2. pp. 436-454.

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