Shocks, Income and Wealth: Do They Affect the Extraction of Natural Resources by Rural Households?

World Development

Volumn 64, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S91-S100

  López Feldman, Alejandro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agricultural shocks; Environmental income; Environmental reliance; Inequality; Mexico; Poverty

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NATURAL RESOURCE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VILLAGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84911383894     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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