A temporal comparison of sources of variability in farm household income

Agricultural Finance Review

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-198

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   El Osta, Hisham S ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm income; Off farm business; Off farm wages; Salaries; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946552431     PISSN: 00021466     EISSN: 20416326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00214820180001123     Document Type: Article

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