Estimating the price elasticity of demand for family and hired farm labour in England and Wales

Applied Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1561-1574

  Errington, A J ^a   Mayfield, L Harrison ^b   Khatri, Y ^c   Townsend, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; LABOUR DEMAND; LABOUR MARKET; METHODOLOGY;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0031462073     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036849700000032     Document Type: Article

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