The role of family workers’ reluctance to work on away-farms in determining the farm size and productivity relationship

Muhammad Ayaz and Mazhar Mughal

Revue d’économie du développement, 2022, vol. 31, issue 2, 119-125

Abstract: We propose cultural norms related to family honour as an explanation for the inverse farm size to productivity relationship. We show how family-labour valuation at the marginal product or market wage rate determines the relationship?s strength and direction. JEL Codes: Q12, J43.

Keywords: farm size; productivity; family labour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J43 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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