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Determinants of Non-Farm Work Participation in Rural Ghana: Gender Differences for Self-Managed Business and Wage Labor

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  • Miyazaki, Ayako
  • Chitose, Atsushi
  • Kusadokoro, Motoi

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  • Miyazaki, Ayako & Chitose, Atsushi & Kusadokoro, Motoi, 2018. "Determinants of Non-Farm Work Participation in Rural Ghana: Gender Differences for Self-Managed Business and Wage Labor," Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics (formerly Japanese Journal of Rural Economics), Agricultural Economics Society of Japan (AESJ), vol. 20.
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