This paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented … activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper …-marketed services at home ('home production'). The model predicts positive effects of a favorable agricultural productivity shock on …

This paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented … activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper …-marketed services at home (`home production'). The model predicts positive effects of a favorable agricultural productivity shock on …

from 2000 to 2010. Over the same period, the share of hired labor in agriculture decreased from 19.4 percent to 15 … agricultural productivity growth as reflected in increasing rice yield. To estimate the effects of agricultural productivity, we …, in contrast, negative and statistically significant. In a standard neoclassical model, higher agricultural productivity …