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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spelling	okr-10986-248642021-04-23T14:04:27Z Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Liu, Yanyan Singh, Sudhir K. agricultural productivity labor markets structural transformation growth farm size labor demand family labor 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 reasons are substitution of capital for labor in response to nonagricultural labor demand. Family labor was more efficient than hired labor in 1982-99, but not in 1999–2008. In line with labor market imperfections as a key factor, separability of labor supply and demand decisions cannot be rejected in the second period, except in villages with very low nonagricultural labor demand. 2016-08-10T15:06:50Z 2016-08-10T15:06:50Z 2016-08 Working Paper 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 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7783 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia India
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spellingShingle	agricultural productivity labor markets structural transformation growth farm size labor demand family labor Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Liu, Yanyan Singh, Sudhir K. Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India
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description	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 reasons are substitution of capital for labor in response to nonagricultural labor demand. Family labor was more efficient than hired labor in 1982-99, but not in 1999–2008. In line with labor market imperfections as a key factor, separability of labor supply and demand decisions cannot be rejected in the second period, except in villages with very low nonagricultural labor demand.
format	Working Paper
author	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Liu, Yanyan Singh, Sudhir K.
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Jin, Songqing Liu, Yanyan Singh, Sudhir K.
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title	Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India
title_short	Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India
title_full	Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India
title_fullStr	Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India
title_full_unstemmed	Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India
title_sort	can labor market imperfections explain changes in the inverse farm size–productivity relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural india
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	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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Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India

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