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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Human Capital Productivity, and Labor Allocation in Rural Pakistan
Autores: | Fafchamps,   Marcel; Quisumbing,   Agnes R.
Data: | 2010-11-23
Ano: | 1998
Palavras-chave: | Female Labor; Income distribution; Gender issues; Labor productivity; Pakistan; Gender; Childcare; Work; Labor and Human Capital; Productivity Analysis.
Resumo: | This paper investigates whether human capital affects the productivity and labor allocation of rural households in four districts of Pakistan. The investigation shows that households with better-educated males earn higher off-farm income and divert labor resources away from farm activities toward nonfarm work. Education has no significant effect on productivity in crop and livestock production. The effect of human capital on household incomes is partly realized through the reallocation of labor from low-productivity activities to nonfarm work. Female education and nutrition do not affect productivity and labor allocation in any systematic fashion, a finding that is consistent with the marginal role women play in market-oriented activities in Pakistan. As a by-product, our estimation approach also tests the existence of perfect labor and factor markets; the hypothesis that such markets exist is strongly rejected.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/97040

Relação:

International Food Policy Research Institute&gt;FCND Discussion Papers

FCND Discussion Paper

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