Activity choice, labor allocation, and forest use in Malawi

Land Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 503-517

  Fisher, Monica ^a   Shively, Gerald E ^b   Buccola, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST RESOURCE; LABOR SUPPLY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE USE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 30944458013     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.81.4.503     Document Type: Article

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