Extension of the wealth tax to agriculture, it will be recalled, was opposed on the ground that it would hurt even the … small and medium-sized farmers. This argument was advanced in spite of agricultural holdings below the value of Rs.1 lakh …-sized farmers. [Working Paper No. 12] …

farmers. Elicited individual discount rates vary with the time delay, which supports the existence of a reversal effect in …

included payments to farmers for new practices, which satisfy both social and environmental functions, in addition to economic … ones. A voluntary territorial farm contract (CTE) sets out the respective commitments made by farmers and government …

determine the nature of transaction costs and to assess them. A survey conducted in 2006 among a sample of 39 farmers followed … different levels of incurred transaction costs. These profiles reveal the impact which the farmers' responsibilities …

farmers. Elicited individual discount rates vary with the time delay, which supports the existence of a reversal effect in …

convincing explanations for why France entered a fertility transition over a century before anywhere else in the world. This … analysis links highly detailed individual level fertility life histories to wealth at death data for four rural villages in … transition-era France, 1750-1850. The results show that it was the richest groups who reduced their family size first and that …