Does risk matter? The case of wage-labour allocation by owner-cultivators

Applied Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-317

  Kanwar, Sunil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; RISK FACTOR; RURAL ECONOMY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0033034728     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368499324291     Document Type: Article

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