Land rental market, off-farm employment and agricultural production in Southeast China: A plot-level case study

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 598-606

  Feng, Shuyi ^a   Heerink, Nico ^a,b   Ruben, Ruerd ^c   Qu, Futian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Land rental market; Land tenure contracts; Off farm employment; Rural households

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049244381     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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