The main goal of this dissertation is to investigate the complex rural sector for two of the poorest countries in Central America, Honduras and Nicaragua. The first essay analyzes the main determinants of farm labor productivity and off-farm labor supply by heads and spouses in rural Nicaragua....

The objective of this study is to undertake a meta-analysis seeking to explain the variation in average technical efficiency focusing on the agricultural sector. For this purpose, a meta-analysis of 126 technical efficiency studies on the agricultural sector of developing and developed countries...