Farmers' time allocation between farm work and off-farm work and the importance of unobserved group effects: Evidence from Israeli cooperatives

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Kimhi, Ayal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; FARMERS' ATTITUDES; MOSHAVIM; OFF-FARM WORK; TIME ALLOCATION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0030176729     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5150(96)01182-6     Document Type: Article

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