Embedded markets: Hired labour arrangements in West Bengal agriculture

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-223

  Rogaly, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMBEDDEDNESS; HIRED LABOUR; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOUR CONTRACT; LABOUR MARKET;

INDIA, WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0031443810     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600819708424130     Document Type: Article

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