Development economics : the role of agriculture in development /: the role of agriculture in development. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: P.N. (Raja) Junankar.
• Authors: Junankar, P. N
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Land Tenure, Agricultural Productivity and Taxation; 2.1 Land Tenure and Indian Agricultural Productivity; 2.2 Land Ceilings as a Tax on Agriculture: A Note; 2.3 Review of Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village; 2.4 Agricultural Taxation in Less Developed Countries: Effects of a Tax on Ineffi ciency; 3 Poverty, Mobility and Inequality; 3.1 Poverty in India: A Comment; 3.2 Green Revolution and Inequality. 3.3 Mobility and Inequality in Indian Agriculture4 Do Farmers in Developing Countries Maximise Profi ts?; 4.1 Tests of the Profit-Maximisation Hypothesis: A Study of Indian Agriculture; 4.2 Do Indian Farmers Maximise Profits?; 4.3 Neo-Classical Economics and Indian Agriculture: An Econometric Analysis of Production Behaviour; 4.4 The Response of Peasant Farmers to Price Incentives: The Use and Misuse of Profit Functions; 5 Informal Labour Markets; 5.1 The Informal Labour Market in India: Transitory or Permanent Employment for Migrants?; 6 Microfinance and Women's Empowerment.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.10954; Economics; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India; Agriculture and state -- India; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Agriculture and state; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Economic history; Business & Economics -- Urban & Regional; Business & Economics -- Labor; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- General; Business & Economics -- Economics -- Microeconomics; Political economy; Labour economics; Agricultural science; Microeconomics; Management science; Development economics; Regional economics; Labor economics; Agriculture; Microeconomics; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Development economics & emerging economies; India -- Economic conditions; India; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137555229
• Related ISBNs: 113755522X; 9781137555212; 9781349717149
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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