Are household production decisions cooperative? Evidence on pastoral migration and milk sales from northern Kenya

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 525-541

  McPeak, John G ^a   Doss, Cheryl R ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Household production; Intrahousehold; Noncooperative models; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MIGRATION; MILK PRODUCTION; PASTORALISM; RURAL ECONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746242182     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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