Seasonal adjustment in a market for female agricultural workers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 254-266

  Jarvis, Lovell S ^a   Vera Toscano, Esperanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Panel data; Random probit; Seasonal agricultural labor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1342267479     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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