A Bioeconomic Foundation for the Nutrition-based Efficiency Wage Model

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A Bioeconomic Foundation for the Nutrition-based Efficiency Wage Model. / Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars; Strulik, Holger.

Hanover Leibniz University, School of Economics and Management, 2008.

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Dalgaard, C-JL & Strulik, H 2008 'A Bioeconomic Foundation for the Nutrition-based Efficiency Wage Model' Hanover Leibniz University, School of Economics and Management.

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Dalgaard, C-J. L., & Strulik, H. (2008). A Bioeconomic Foundation for the Nutrition-based Efficiency Wage Model. Hanover Leibniz University, School of Economics and Management.

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Dalgaard C-JL, Strulik H. A Bioeconomic Foundation for the Nutrition-based Efficiency Wage Model. Hanover Leibniz University, School of Economics and Management. 2008.

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Dalgaard, Carl-Johan Lars ; Strulik, Holger. / A Bioeconomic Foundation for the Nutrition-based Efficiency Wage Model. Hanover Leibniz University, School of Economics and Management, 2008.

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