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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (1) Autor Barbier, Edward B. (1) Pascual, Unai (1) Palavra-chave Consumer/Household Economics (1) Deforestation (1) Labor and Human Capital (1) Livelihood diversification (1) Mexico (1) Off-farm labor supply (1) Shifting cultivation (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Working or Discussion Paper (1) Ano 2005 (1) País United States (1) Idioma Inglês (1)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última ON- AND OFF-FARM LABOR DECISIONS BY SLASH-AND-BURN FARMERS IN YUCATAN (MEXICO) AgEcon Pascual, Unai; Barbier, Edward B.. The availability of basic assets influences peasants’ economic behavior, their livelihood diversification strategies and their responses to land degradation. In addition, when pressed by economic hardships households can also expected to work more than better off ones. Whether this implies more or less on- or off-farm labor supply is an empirical question. This in turn can have an asymmetric effect on poverty traps and the extent of forest clearing under slash-and-burn farming. This paper examines the determinants of labor allocation among forest based shifting cultivating households in two communities from Yucatan (Mexico). The effects of wage rates and structural socio-economic factors are tested for both farming household heads and other family members... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Deforestation; Shifting cultivation; Livelihood diversification; Off-farm labor supply; Mexico; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital. Ano: 2005 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/31926 Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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