The territorial impact of the farmers' early retirement scheme

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-272

  Bika, Zografia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; INCOME; PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT; RURAL POLICY; SOCIAL IMPACT; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; IRELAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447528727     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2007.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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