Conservation payments, liquidity constraints, and off-farm labor: Impact of the grain-for-green program on rural households in China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-86

  Uchida, Emi ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Xu, Jintao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Grain for Greenprogram; Off farm labor supply; Payments for ecosystem services; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LABOR SUPPLY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; PANEL DATA; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58149513901     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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