Labor Demand and Farm Household Welfare Under Non-separability in South Kivu (DRC)

Demande du travail agricole et bien-être des ménages agricoles sous non-séparabilité au Sud-Kivu (RD Congo)

Mardochée Ngandu Mulotwa (), Christian Mabi, Isaac Kalonda and Séraphin Mvudi
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Mardochée Ngandu Mulotwa: UEA - Université Evangélique en Afrique
Christian Mabi: LASER - Laboratoire des sciences économiques de Richter - UM1 - Université Montpellier 1

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Abstract: This study aimed to analyze the welfare impact of labor demand within the Farm Household Model. The study analyzed 350 farm households divided into two distinct rural groupings of South Kivu, Lurhala and Katana in 2017. The data show that the separability hypothesis of decisions is rejected, suggesting a evidence of the imperfection of the rural labor market. Thus, the demand for agricultural labor depends on the shadow wage and the shadow income, among others. In addition, the analysis of labor demand on welfare (Total Annual Agricultural Production as proxy) shows that the demand for family labor for households using hired labor is likely to improve intensively the household welfare than be the demand for family labor or hired labor. This suggests that it is more the combination of the demand for family and hired labor that is likely to maximize the welfare of farm households. Anti-poverty policies should allow farm households to access both family and hired labor work. 1 Est Doctorant à la FASE-UPC,

Keywords: Non-separability; Labor demand; Farm Househol Model; South-Kivu; Welfare; Demande du travail; Non-séparabilité; Modèle de Ménage Agricole; Bien-être; Sud-Kivu. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-08-11
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