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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 SymonsThis 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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Oxford Economic PapersISSN
00307653Publisher
Oxford Economic Papers. Published by Oxford Universty Press.Issue
2Volume
49Page range
307-315ISBN
0030-7653Department affiliated with
- Economics Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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