The effects of education in early-stage agriculture: Some evidence from China

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1315-1323

  Young, Denise ^a   Deng, Honghai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT;

CHINA; GUANGHAN COUNTY; SICHUAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0032702525     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499323193     Document Type: Article

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