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| Larochelle, Catherine; Dalton, Timothy J.. |
| Malaria and other transient illnesses have been recognized as factors constraining economic development in tropical countries. The purpose of this paper is to determine the direct and the indirect impact of transient illness shocks, caused primarily by malaria but also including other tropical illness, on family labor use in irrigated rice production in Mali. Family labor is the most important factor of production used in rice production in Mali and transient illness shocks may negatively impact labor supply, production and hence household welfare derived from agricultural income and consumption. Two labor demand models are estimated to determine whether illness does indeed reduce labor supply: one where the dependent variable only includes family labor... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: D1; I0; Q12; Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25314 |
