Effect of agricultural policy on regional income inequality among farm households

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-340

  Mishra, Ashok ^a   El Osta, Hisham ^b   Gillespie, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted Gini coefficient; Farm resource regions; Government farm program payments; Income inequality; Off farm income

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349173239     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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