The impact of human capital on farm operator household income

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-115

  El Osta, Hisham ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

ARMS data; Farm households; Government payments; Human capital; Off farm wages and salaries; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874557209     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500004548     Document Type: Article

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