Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India

Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India

A large national farm panel from India covering a quarter century (1982, 1999, and 2008) is used to show that the inverse farm size-yield relationship weakened significantly over time, despite an increase in the dispersion of farm sizes. Key reason...

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Main Authors: Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing, Liu, Yanyan, Singh, Sudhir K.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
agricultural productivity
labor markets
structural transformation
growth
farm size
labor demand
family labor
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26661544/can-labor-market-imperfections-explain-changes-inverse-farm-sizeproductivity-relationship-longitudinal-evidence-rural-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24864

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26661544/can-labor-market-imperfections-explain-changes-inverse-farm-sizeproductivity-relationship-longitudinal-evidence-rural-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24864

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