Fringe benefits provision by rural small businesses

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 360-368

  Variyam, Jayachandran N ^a   Kraybill, David S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Employee benefits; Firm size; Rural development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; RURAL AREA; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032310996     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244508     Document Type: Article

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