Impact of off-farm income on food expenditures in rural Bangladesh: An unconditional quantile regression approach

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 139-148

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Mottaleb, Kh A ^b,c   Mohanty, Samarendu ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Food expenditures; Human capital; Influence functions; Off farm income; Rural households; Unconditional quantile regression

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLD; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HUMAN CAPITAL; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84924528374     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12146     Document Type: Article

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