An Efficient Nonmarket Institution under Imperfect Markets: Labor Sharing for Tropical Forest Clearing

作者:Takasaki Yoshito*; Coomes Oliver T; Abizaid Christian; Brisson Stephanie
来源:American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2014, 96(3): 711-732.
DOI:10.1093/ajae/aat102

摘要

This article examines the substitutability, productivity, efficiency, and evolution of an important agrarian nonmarket institution-labor sharing. Analysis of field-level data on forest clearing through time among Amazonian shifting cultivators reveals that (a) family, hired, and cooperative labor are perfect substitutes, and hired and cooperative labor are equally productive, and both are more productive than family labor; (b) the combination of labor market and labor sharing makes productivity-adjusted total labor use unconstrained by household and network endowments (i.e.

  • 出版日期2014-4
  • 单位McGill