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Temperature, labor reallocation, and industrial production : evidence from India
Colmer, Jonathan - In: American economic journal 13 (2021) 4, pp. 101-124
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Smallholders, market failures, and agricultural production: evidence from India
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2020
reallocate labor across activities less in response to intra-seasonal crop price changes than do non-smallholders. A … counterfactual exercise indicates smallholders could increase revenue by almost nine percent if they were to reallocate labor …
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The gendered effects of climate change: production shocks and labor response in agriculture
Afridi, Farzana; Mahajan, Kanika; Sangwan, Nikita - 2021
gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts resulting from lower precipitation using unique individual-level panel data … highlight the gendered impact of climate change, potentially exacerbating extant gender gaps in the labor market. …
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The agricultural mechanization in Africa : micro-level analysis of state drivers and effects
Kirui, Oliver K. - 2019
mechanization on use of household and hired labor. Finally, agricultural mechanization significantly raises the productivity of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992253
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HEALTH, TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN INDIAN DISTRICTS
Venkataramani, Atheendar S.; Shanmugam, K.R.; Ruger, … - In: Journal of Economic Development 35 (2010) 4, pp. 1-23
portion of this association is likely due to improvements in the efficiency of labor use. …
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The gendered effects of droughts : production shocks and labor response in agriculture
Afridi, Farzana; Mahajan, Kanika; Sangwan, Nikita - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 78 (2022), pp. 1-16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014234189
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Air pollution and agricultural productivity in a developing country
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023
, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …-intensive crops, indicating that the pollution works at least partly through direct effects on labor productivity. Finally, combining …
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Fostering sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso
Tung Nguyen Huy - 2023
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Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity in a Developing Country
Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023
I document externalities in the agricultural sector of India due to air pollution. Using variation in pollution induced by changes in wind, I show that higher levels of particulate matter lead to decreased agricultural productivity, with changes in productivity of 10 percent being common....
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Assessing production and marketing efficiency of organic horticultural commodities : a stochastic frontier analysis
Lestari, Etty Puji; Prajanti, Sucihatiningsih Dian Wisika; … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 4, pp. 1-13
, land area, seedlings, organic fertilizers, organic pesticides, and labor. We conducted in-depth interviews with 60 organic …
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