Determinants of Amazon deforestation: the role of off-farm income
Claudio Araujo,
Jean-Louis Combes and
José Gustavo Féres
Environment and Development Economics, 2019, vol. 24, issue 2, 138-156
Abstract:
This paper aims at assessing the determinants of Amazon deforestation, emphasizing the role played by off-farm income. Initially an economic model is provided which relates off-farm income to deforestation patterns. Subsequently, empirical implications are tested using data from the 2006 Brazilian Agricultural Census. Estimation results suggest that higher off-farm incomes are associated with reduced deforestation rates. In fact, higher off-farm incomes might increase the opportunity cost associated with agricultural activities. The latter option becomes less attractive and farmers dedicate less time to farm activities, thereby reducing deforestation pressure. Results also show that smallholders respond less to the increase in the returns from off-farm activities when compared to largeholders, which matches our hypothesis of labor market imperfections regarding off-farm activities.
Date: 2019
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)
Downloads: (external link)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/ ... type/journal_article link to article abstract page (text/html)
Related works:
Working Paper: Determinants of Amazon deforestation: the role of off-farm income (2018)
Working Paper: Determinants of Amazon Deforestation: The role of Off-Farm Income (2014) 
Working Paper: Determinants of Amazon Deforestation: The role of Off-Farm Income (2014) 
Working Paper: Determinants of Amazon Deforestation: The role of Off-Farm Income (2014) 
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.
Export reference: BibTeX
RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan)
HTML/Text
Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cup:endeec:v:24:y:2019:i:02:p:138-156_00
Access Statistics for this article
More articles in Environment and Development Economics from Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press, UPH, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8BS UK.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Kirk Stebbing ().