Rural households' decisions towards income diversification: Evidence from a township in northern China

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Démurger, Sylvie ^a,b   Fournier, Martin ^a   Yang, Weiyong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CEFC   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural households; China; Income source diversification; Off farm employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956408499     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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