Poverty decline, agricultural wages, and nonfarm employment in rural India: 1983-2004

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-263

  Lanjouw, Peter ^a   Murgai, Rinku ^a  

^a Development Economics Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural labor; India; Nonfarm employment; Poverty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECONOMETRICS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WAGE DETERMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 60849114047     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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