Agricultural labor adjustments in transition countries: The role of migration and impact on poverty

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 405-411

  Macours, Karen ^a   Swinnen, Johan F M ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Centre for Transition Economics

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EID: 27944476398     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2005.00236.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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