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The importance of specification choices when analyzing sectoral productivity gaps

Merfeld, Joshua D.; Brummund, Peter - 2021

A consistent finding in the development literature is that average non-farm labor productivity is higher than average farm labor productivity. These differences in average productivity are sometimes used to promote policies which advance the non-farm sector. In this paper, we analyze the...

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Sectoral wage gaps and gender in rural India

Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2021

Using detailed monthly panel data from rural India, this paper analyzes sectoral wage gaps for men and women. I document three important findings. First, there is clear evidence of sorting into sectors, with very large differences in worker human capital across the farm and non-farm sectors and...

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Should farmers farm more? : comparing marginal products within Malawian households

Brummund, Peter; Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2021

According to standard economic theory, households should equate the marginal revenue product of an input across activities within the household. However, this prediction may not hold in the presence of risk. Using data on farm plots and non-farm enterprises in Malawi, we examine the impact of...

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Impact evaluation of support to collective action for agricultural value chain development in Nepal

Raitzer, David A.; Batmunkh, Odbayar - 2022

Matching grant programs administered to agricultural groups and cooperatives have emerged as a means of helping smallholder farmers to commercialize in Nepal. These programs help farmers to access information on new technologies, overcome barriers to productive investment, and connect with...

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Where is commercial farming expanding in Mozambique? : evidence from agricultural surveys

Glover, Steven M.; Salvucci, Vincenzo; Jones, Sam - 2016

This paper studies the dynamics of the agricultural sector in Mozambique, focusing on the role of commercial farms. Using agricultural survey data from 2002 to 2012, we analyse the spatial distribution of large farms and identify factors influencing their location decisions. We find that the...

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A mixed-methods study of Bambara farming in Mtwara, Tanzania

Boulay, Basile - 2017

Economic research tends to focus on a reduced set of crops, leaving a vast array of crops under-researched. However, these 'marginal crops' have typically been farmed for centuries and are better suited for the local environment in which they are grown than crops prioritized within existing...

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An overview of Romanian agricultural indicators in the last years

Bularca, Elena; Toma, Elena - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 70-76). 2018

agriculture during 2005-2016. The main indicators monitored are the land fund development, area and crop production, livestock and … livestock production, number of agricultural holdings, economic accounts and prices in agriculture and agro …-environmental indicators. It was found that over time in Romanian agriculture were produced important changes both in terms of quantity and …

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Reflections on the impact of the association agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union on the economy of the national rural space

Certan, Simion; Certan, Ion - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 258-266). 2017

European authorities have given and increased attention to rural areas. Still in Agenda 2000, the European Commission has included "coherent sustainable rural development policies". Moldova is "condemned" to pay more attention to rural areas, as the majority of the population is located here....

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Revisiting the old debate : on the relationship between size and productivity in Tanzania

Boulay, Basile - 2018

The debate on the existence of an inverse relationship between farm size and productivity is probably one of the oldest debates in the development economics literature. While publication of more detailed agricultural data has pushed for an empirical revival of the topic, the concept of size is...

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Solvency and fixed assets financing of agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in the Republic of Serbia

Bogićević, Jasmina; Karapavlović, Nemanja; … - In: Ekonomske teme 59 (2021) 1, pp. 95-108

This paper aims to examine solvency and fixed assets financing of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector (Sector A …

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