Climate variability, rainfall shocks, and farmers’ income diversification in India
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Risk; Climate change adaptation; Labor supply; India;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
- D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
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