Perspectives from the household level; Agrarian reform in two villages; Implications for the Philippine agrarian reform program.

Research paper on agricultural employment of landless agricultural workers on rice farms in the Philippines. Examines historical genesis of tenancy and landlessness since the 16th century, effects of the green revolution, population growth and uneven industrialization, land settlement and reduction in farm size, disintegration of subsistence farming, etc., and studies work organization, land reform, and trends (1967-1974) in agricultural incomes, unemployment and underemployment as well as nonfarm employment.