The rapid rise of cross-regional agricultural mechanization services in China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1245-1251

  Yang, Jin ^a   Huang, Zuhui ^a   Zhang, Xiaobo ^b,c   Reardon, Thomas ^c,d,e  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FARM SIZE; LABOR MARKET; RURAL AREA; WAGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84890515127     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat027     Document Type: Article

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