Supermarkets, Farm Household Income, and Poverty: Insights from Kenya

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 784-796

  Rao, Elizaphan J O ^a   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Endogenous switching regression; Household income; Kenya; Sample selection; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETAILING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLE;

KENYA;

EID: 79953046109     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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