Rural nonfarm income and its impact on agriculture: Evidence from Albania

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-160

  Kilic, Talip ^a   Carletto, Calogero ^a   Miluka, Juna ^b   Savastano, Sara ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural investment; Albania; Farm households; Instrumental variables Tobit; Nonfarm income; Stochastic frontier estimation; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INVESTMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RURAL ECONOMY; STOCHASTICITY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE;

ALBANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 60849133070     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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