Three essays on development economics and human capital

• Main Author: KHANNA, Arpita
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: development economics; human capital; natural disasters; domestic violence; barkers hypothesis; bengal famine; Asian Studies; Behavioral Economics; Growth and Development; Health Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/415; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1413/viewcontent/thesis_TFSigned.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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