Is There Surplus Labor in Rural India?
| dc.creator | Foster, Andrew D. | |
| dc.creator | Rosenzweig, Mark R. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:08:47Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:22:45Z | |
| dc.description | We show empirically using panel data at the plot and farm level and based on a model incorporating supervision costs, risk, credit-market imperfections and scale-economies associated with mechanization that small-scale farming is inefficient in India. Larger farms are more profitable per acre, more mechanized, less constrained in input use after bad shocks, and employ less per-acre labor than small farms. Based on our structural estimates of the effects of farm size on labor use and the distribution of Indian landholdings, we estimate that over 20% of the Indian agricultural labor force is surplus if minimum farm scale is 20 acres. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.95273 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/95273/files/cdp991.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/95273 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/562864 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/95273 | |
| dc.title | Is There Surplus Labor in Rural India? | |
| dc.type | Text |