Population density, migration, and the returns to human capital and land: Insights from Indonesia

Food Policy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-193

  Liu, Yanyan ^a   Yamauchi, Futoshi ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Income growth; Indonesia; Landholding; Migration; Population growth; Rural economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905506011     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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