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Provedor de dados:  AgEcon
País:  United States
Título:  Is There Surplus Labor in Rural India?
Autores:  Foster, Andrew D.
Rosenzweig, Mark R.
Data:  2010-10-22
Ano:  2010
Palavras-chave:  Agriculture
India
Scale
Profits
Labor
Tractors
Agricultural and Food Policy
Agricultural Finance
Crop Production/Industries
International Development
Land Economics/Use
Production Economics
Productivity Analysis
Risk and Uncertainty
O13
O16
O53
Resumo:  We show empirically using panel data at the plot and farm level and based on a model incorporating supervision costs, risk, credit-market imperfections and scale-economies associated with mechanization that small-scale farming is inefficient in India. Larger farms are more profitable per acre, more mechanized, less constrained in input use after bad shocks, and employ less per-acre labor than small farms. Based on our structural estimates of the effects of farm size on labor use and the distribution of Indian landholdings, we estimate that over 20% of the Indian agricultural labor force is surplus if minimum farm scale is 20 acres.
Tipo:  Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  http://purl.umn.edu/95273
Relação:  Yale University>Economic Growth Center>Center Discussion Papers
Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper
991
Formato:  48
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