| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14269 |
| DP14269 Selection and Absolute Advantage in Farming and Entrepreneurship | |
| Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado; Francesco Amodio; Markus Poschke | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-01-03 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Output per worker is lower in agriculture than in other sectors, and relatively more so in poor countries. Sorting of workers can explain this if comparative and absolute advantage in agriculture are positively correlated. We investigate this correlation using representative household-level panel data from four African countries. We exploit information on households who engage in both agriculture and non-farm entrepreneurship -- about 1/3 of the population. More productive farming households are more likely to pursue entrepreneurship, allocate more hours to it, and are more likely to enter over time. This implies that agricultural comparative and absolute advantage are negatively correlated. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; Macroeconomics and Growth |
| 关键词 | Agricultural productivity gap Selection entrepreneurship Africa |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14269-1 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543159 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado,Francesco Amodio,Markus Poschke. DP14269 Selection and Absolute Advantage in Farming and Entrepreneurship. 2020. |
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