@article {Eskander114, author = {Shaikh M.S.U. Eskander and Edward B. Barbier and Benjamin Gilbert}, title = {Fishing and Nonfishing Income Decisions: The Role of Human Capital and Family Structure}, volume = {94}, number = {1}, pages = {114--136}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.3368/le.94.1.114}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Resource-dependent households often diversify their income. We model demand for remittances and supply of off-resource labor as a joint decision, and discuss household trade-offs. We extend the off-farm labor supply literature to a rural fishery, contrasting our results to common findings in the farm literature and providing empirical evidence of the interdependence between education and family structure in determining income diversification. Using a unique dataset from Malaysia, we find that more-educated households are less likely to diversify their income, with caveats depending on family composition. Policy implications for resource management in a remittance economy with alternative livelihoods are discussed. (JEL Q22)}, issn = {0023-7639}, URL = {https://le.uwpress.org/content/94/1/114}, eprint = {https://le.uwpress.org/content/94/1/114.full.pdf}, journal = {Land Economics} }