The determination of agricultural wage rates in Bangladesh

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-133

  Palmer Jones, Richard ^a   Parikh, Ashok ^b  

^a School of Development Studies

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; GREEN REVOLUTION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE RATE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031745293     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1998.tb01255.x     Document Type: Article

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