Inverse productivity: Land quality, labor markets, and measurement error

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-95

  Lamb, Russell L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Inverse productivity; Labor markets; Land quality; Measurement error

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARM SIZE; LABOR MARKET; PRODUCTIVITY;

INDIA;

EID: 0037880602     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00134-7     Document Type: Article

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