<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eskander, Shaikh M.S.U.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barbier, Edward B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gilbert, Benjamin</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fishing and Nonfishing Income Decisions: The Role of Human Capital and Family Structure</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land Economics</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018-02-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">114-136</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/le.94.1.114</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">94</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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)</style></abstract></record></records></xml>