Is there surplus labor in rural India?

Arbeitspapier

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.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Center Discussion Paper ; No. 991

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Economic Development: Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East
• Thema: agriculture ; India ; scale ; profits ; labor ; tractors

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Foster, Andrew D. ; Rosenzweig, Mark R.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Yale University, Economic Growth Center
• (wo): New Haven, CT
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/59127
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ