Agricultural Efficiency and Labor Supply to Common Property Resource Collection: Lessons from Rural Mexico
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Most common property resource (CPR) collection in developing countries occurs in imperfect
market environments, in which endogenous prices link the economic returns in non-resource
activities (i.e., agriculture) with effort supplied to CPR collection. A model of an imperfectly
integrated rural household demonstrates the theoretically ambiguous connection between
agricultural productivity and resource collection. Using unique panel data from rural Mexico,
we find evidence that households with higher agricultural efficiency supply less labor to CPR
collection. Interventions that raise agricultural productivity thus may complement resource
conservation efforts.