Off-farm labor participation decisions of married farm couples and the role of government payments

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-332

  El Osta, Hisham S ^a   Mishra, Ashok K ^b   Morehart, Mitchell J ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44349176881     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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