Off‐farm income and farm capital accumulation: A farm‐level analysis

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-257

  Lagerkvist, Carl J ^a   Larsen, Karin ^a   Olson, Kent D ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural sector; Human capital; Investment; Off farm work

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650434314     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214660780001207     Document Type: Article

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