Migration, remittances and smallholder decision-making: Implications for land use and livelihood change in Central America

Land Use Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-329

  Davis, Jason ^a   Lopez Carr, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cattle ranching; Central America; New economics of labor migration; Remittances; Smallholder farming

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DECISION MAKING; LABOR MIGRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANCHING; SMALLHOLDER;

COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84884546744     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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