Income portfolios in rural Ethiopia and Tanzania: Choices and constraints

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 850-875

  Dercon, Stefan ^a,b   Krishnan, Pramila ^c  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME CONSTRAINT; INCOME VARIATION; RURAL ECONOMY;

ETHIOPIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 0030449034     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220389608422443     Document Type: Article

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