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| Beyne, A.D.. |
| This study analyses the determinants of off-farm work participation decisions of farm households in Ethiopia. A bivariate probit model is applied to account for the simultaneity of participation decisions of both male and female members of farm households. The results of the analysis show that human capital variables such as health and training on non-farm activities have a positive effect on the off-farm participation decisions of male members of farm households. The education status of the head has no significant impact on the participation decisions of the members of the family as most of the off-farm activities do not require formal education. The availability of credit and transfer income is the other factors that have a positive impact on the... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Off-farm; Participation; Bivariate; Rural; Ethiopia; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/5969 |
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| Tu, Qin; Heerink, Nico; Xing, Li. |
| The development of land rental markets can enhance agricultural productivity and equity by facilitating transfers of land to more productive farmers and facilitating the participation in the non-farm economy of less productive farmers. In recent years there has been a rapid increase in the incidence of land rental activities in China. Large differences exist, however, both between regions and within regions in the share of households participating in land renting activities. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors affecting the development of land rental markets in one of the poorest regions within China, namely Puding County in Guizhou Province. Data from 792 households in three villages are used to analyze the participation in land rental... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land rental markets; Off-farm; China; Binary probit; Data correction; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25547 |
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| Jia, Lili; Petrick, Martin. |
| Research on agricultural development in China has increasingly paid attention to the potentially negative effects of highly fragmented farm structures. This study provides a deeper theoretical understanding of the linkages between land fragmentation and off-farm labor supply and investigates this relationship empirically in a more direct and robust way than in the existing literature. Drawing upon a rural household panel dataset collected in Zhejiang, Hubei and Yunnan provinces from 1995-2002, we estimate the effects in two steps. First, we estimate the effect of land fragmentation on labor productivity using a time-demeaned translog production function. Second, we estimate the effect of land fragmentation on off-farm labor supply using Wooldridge’s (1995)... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Land fragmentation; Off-farm; Labor supply; China; Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114522 |
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