Family composition and off-farm participation decisions in Israeli farm households

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 502-512

  Kimhi, Ayal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adult children; Family composition; Multivariate probit; Off farm participation; Quasi maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2142662182     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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