..., and probably housing. Bearing in mind that when the null hypothesis is rejected, the model with a higher loglikelihood value ought to be chosen. On this basis, the proposed model dominates the conventional counterpart in all cases. © MCB UP Limited 1996 China Income Rural economy Being...

... for improving the internal distribution of income, including direct measures to satisfy the basic needs of the poorest group (Ahluwalia et al., 1979). In this regard also, the specific features of NTFPs in the subsistence of rural economies have been neglected, and scant attention has been given...