-Mart’s buying power index in labor markets in rural southern and central states is estimated to be 5% or higher while the impact on …

Participation rates for farm women in off-farm labor markets continue to increase, as does their participation in …-holding, decision-making, intergenerational transfer, farm women, off-farm employment, employment, labor …

, consumption, labor, credit, fertility and child schooling, intergenerational transfer, among other key behaviors of households are … region typology are then suggested, focusing on (1) the extent to which markets, particularly labor markets, are perfect …

net when the urban labor market suffered economic shocks. The study explores how agriculture influences non …

private sector agencies. A synthesis and critique are provided of approaches to valuing the social opportunity cost of labor … increase the value of labor's productivity or reduce its costs, such as with job training, worker mobility and skill … proposals and among alternative (labor-intensive versus capital-intensive) technologies. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights …

labor. Using Vietnamese data we find that capital market segmentation creates a two-track market for skills, in which state …