The Effects of Non-Farm Enterprises on Farm Households’ Income and Consumption Expenditure in Rural India
Submitted: 2019-04-03
|Accepted: 2019-05-28
|Published: 2019-06-28
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Consumption Expenditure, Farm Income, Panel Probit, Propensity Score Matching, Rural Non-farm Enterprises
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