Off-farm labour allocation decisions in small-scale rural households in Zimbabwe

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-186

  Matshe, Innocent ^a   Young, Trevor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C24; Double hurdle model; J22; Off farm labour supply; Q12; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; MASHONALAND CENTRAL; SHAMVA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 2642510918     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agecon.2003.01.001     Document Type: Article

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