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Farm size and the intensity of land use in Gujarat

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posted on 2023-06-08, 07:17 authored by Andrew Newell, Kiran Pandya, James Symons
This paper investigates why smaller farms appear to use land more intensively than larger farms in India. Using data from 400 farms in Gujarat, we find the inverse relationship between output per hectare and farm size is explained by regional variations in fertility and labour supply. Within villages larger farms produce a little more output per hectare with much less labour per hectare. This is explained by the relative abundance of family labour on small farms. Family size impacts positively on farm labour demand, suggesting perhaps a wedge between the opportunity cost of family labour and the wage of hired labour.

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  • Published

Journal

Oxford Economic Papers

ISSN

00307653

Publisher

Oxford Economic Papers. Published by Oxford Universty Press.

Issue

2

Volume

49

Page range

307-315

ISBN

0030-7653

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  • Economics Publications

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Published by Oxford Universty Press

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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