Impact of off-farm labor supply on food expenditures of the farm household

Food Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 657-664

  Chang, Hung Hao ^a   Mishra, Ashok ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm household; Food expenditures; Government farm policy; Income diversification; Off farm income; Off farm work; Tobit

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR SUPPLY; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55049110890     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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