How valuable is on-farm work to farmers?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 267-281

  Fall, Madior ^a   Magnac, Thierry ^b,c,d  

^a Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

^b CREST   (France)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural labor markets; Farm households; Labor supply; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1342267480     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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