Non-Farm Income as an Instrument for Doubling Farmers’ Income: Evidences from Longitudinal Household Survey

The use of income information of census enumeration area as a proxy for the household income in a household survey

BACKGROUND Some of the Census Enumeration Areas' (CEA) information may help planning the sample of population studies but it can also be used for some analyses that require information that is more difficult to obtain at the individual or household level, such as income. This paper verifies if the income information of CEA can be used as a proxy for household income in a household survey. MET...

Labor supply, income, and welfare of the farm household

Article history: Received 14 January 2011 Received in revised form 9 March 2012 Accepted 11 March 2012 Available online 28 March 2012 JEL classification: D1 J2 Q1

Gender and Net Farm Income of Cassava Farmers under Individual Land Tenure System in Abia State

The study on gender and net farm income of cassava-based farmers under individual land tenure system was done in Abia State of Nigeria. The main objective was to determine the Net Farm Income (NFI) and the Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) of the cassava farmers by gender vis-aviz their income levels as well as food security in the state. A multi-stage random sampling technique was adopted while data we...

Farm Income Variability and the Supply of Off-Farm Labor by Limited-Resource Farmers

Income replacement in retirement: longitudinal evidence from income tax records.

Applying an employment-income-based procedure for determining retirement, we analysed a large longitudinal data file of Canadian personal income tax returns for individuals to determine who has retired and to assess how successful they are in maintaining their incomes after retirement. The methodological approach may be of interest for possible application in other countries that have suitable ...