On- And Off-Farm Labor Decisions By Slash-And-Burn Farmers In Yucatan (Mexico)
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- Unai Pascual & Edward Barbier, 2005. "On- and off-farm labor decisions by slash-and-burn farmers in Yucatan (Mexico)," Environmental Economy and Policy Research Working Papers 06.2005, University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economics, revised 2005.
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