Transition and agricultural labor

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-34

  Swinnen, Johan F M ^a   Dries, Liesbeth ^a   Macours, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Institutional reform; Labor reallocation; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; FARMING BY ECONOMIC TYPE; LABOR MARKET;

EID: 27644578207     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0169-5150.2005.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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