Will Developing Country Nutrition Improve with Income? A Case Study for Rural South India

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Previous articleNext article No AccessWill Developing Country Nutrition Improve with Income? A Case Study for Rural South IndiaJere R. Behrman and Anil B. DeolalikarJere R. Behrman Search for more articles by this author and Anil B. Deolalikar Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 95, Number 3Jun., 1987 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/261469 Views: 86Total views on this site Citations: 186Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1987 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Kalyani Mangalika Lakmini Rathu Manannalage, Shyama Ratnasiri, Andreas Chai Why do the educated poor pay less price per calorie? 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