Labor market participation of Chinese agricultural households: Empirical evidence from Zhejiang province

Food Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-340

  Glauben, Thomas ^a   Herzfeld, Thomas ^b   Wang, Xiaobing ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Farm household; Labor market participation; Multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MODELING; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 44949143118     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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