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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (1) Autor Gathungu, E. (1) Musyoka, M.P. (1) Palavra-chave Agricultural and Food Policy (1) Consumer/Household Economics (1) Contracts (1) Environmental Economics and Policy (1) Farm Management (1) Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (1) Food Security and Poverty (1) Institutional and Behavioral Economics (1) Kenya (1) Labor and Human Capital (1) Labour (1) Land Economics/Use (1) Policy (1) Productivity Analysis (1) Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (1) Ano 2008 (1) País United States (1) Idioma Inglês (1)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Rural Household Labour Demand, Contract Choice, Hoarding Cost and Poverty: Evidence from Western Kenya AgEcon Gathungu, E.; Musyoka, M.P.. This study determines the factors that influenced contract choice, labour demand and examines the existence of labour hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development was used for the analysis.. A two step Heckman model was employed to estimate the extent of engagement in daily and semi-permanent contracts conditional on choice of contract. Results from the study show that casual and semi-permanent contracts are substitutes. Family labour negatively influences engagement in daily and semi-permanent contracts hence it is a substitute to the two forms of the contracts. Increase in wages paid to casual contracts is negative and significant to the extent of daily contract... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Contracts; Kenya; Labour; Policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52159 Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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