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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Testing for Separability in Household Models with Heterogeneous Behavior: A Mixture Model Approach
Autores: | Vakis,   Renos; Sadoulet,   Elisabeth; de Janvry,   Alain; Cafiero,   Carlo.
Data: | 2006-02-06
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Labor; Separability; Mixture distributions; Peru; Consumer/Household Economics; Labor and Human Capital; J43; C16; Q12.
Resumo: | Knowing whether a household behaves according to separability or non-separability is needed for the correct modeling of production decisions. We propose a superior test to those found in the literature on separability by using a mixture distribution approach to estimate the probability that a farm household behaves according to non-separability, and test that the determinants of consumption affect production decisions for households categorized as non-separable. With non-separability attributed to labor market constraints, the switcher equation shows that Peruvian farm households that are indigenous and young, with low levels of education, and lack of local employment opportunities are more likely to be constrained on the labor market.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

19762

http://purl.umn.edu/25016

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

University of California, Berkeley&gt;Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics&gt;CUDARE Working Papers

CUDARE Working Paper 990

Formato:

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