Machinery investment decision and off-farm employment in rural China

China Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-80

  Ji, Yueqing ^a   Yu, Xiaohua ^b   Zhong, Funing ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Complements; Off farm employment; Small size machinery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855469126     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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