In this article the effect of an agricultural technical change on intra-household welfare is discussed. Existing theories of the household suggest that the distribution of resources within the household is a function of household members' employment. The difference in male and female employment...

The authors explore the conditions under which a certain contract is preferred to others, through an intensive survey of an upland village in West Java. Despite an obvious difficulty in enforcing the terms of a share contract in a highly complex intercropping system, no significant difference in...

In two hamlets in south central Jawa, a series of situations have been identified in which some farm-land is now being used less intensively than other, similar land. In an area of such high population density this appears a paradox. A variety of explanations exist for the less intensive use of...