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

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dc.creatorJin, Songqing
dc.creatorDeininger, Klaus
dc.creatorLiu, Yanyan
dc.creatorSingh, Sudhir K.
dc.date2016-08-10T15:06:50Z
dc.date2016-08-10T15:06:50Z
dc.date2016-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:47:28Z
dc.descriptionA 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.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26661544/can-labor-market-imperfections-explain-changes-inverse-farm-sizeproductivity-relationship-longitudinal-evidence-rural-india
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24864
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-7783
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/411042
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7783
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectagricultural productivity
dc.subjectlabor markets
dc.subjectstructural transformation
dc.subjectgrowth
dc.subjectfarm size
dc.subjectlabor demand
dc.subjectfamily labor
dc.titleCan Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in the Inverse Farm Size–Productivity Relationship ? longitudinal evidence from rural India
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
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