Contemporary Economic Issues: Volume 2: Labour, Food and Poverty (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333698068)

An overview of many currently topical issues around food and agriculture, with particular emphasis on their implications for development. These include Nobel Laureate Robert Fogel's discussion of nutritional standards and the implications of new theories of evolution in assessing the extent of malnutrition. Historical analysis informs contemporary surveys, including Yair Mundlak's comparison of the postwar record of 130 countries in agricultural technology and outputs. The important implications of labour markets, income distributions and the impact of welfare states on these issues are considered by a number of papers. The contributors include many leading academics from North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Israel.

Author: Y. Mundlak
ISBN-10: 0333698061
ISBN-13: 9780333698068
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/12/1998
Pages: 258
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d