Off-farm labour decision of Canadian farm operators: Urbanization effects and rural labour market linkages

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-24

  Alasia, Alessandro ^a   Weersink, Alfons ^b   Bollman, Ray D ^a   Cranfield, John ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Labour markets; Off farm labour; Rural development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MARKET; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 56949096256     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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