Shadow wages, allocative inefficiency, and labor supply in smallholder agriculture

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-34

  Barrett, Christopher B ^a   Sherlund, Shane M ^b   Adesina, Akinwumi A ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap bias correction; Cote d'Ivoire; Risk; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; LABOR SUPPLY; RISK; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SMALLHOLDER; WAGE;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 37349127598     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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