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Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation. / Beck, Ulrik; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn.
In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 101, No. 2, 01.03.2019, p. 436-454.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Commodity prices and intra-household labor allocation
AU - Beck, Ulrik
AU - Singhal, Saurabh
AU - Tarp, Finn
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - Volatility in commodity markets poses a distinct risk to farmers in developing countries who rely on cash crop agriculture. We combine a time series of international coffee prices with a long-running panel on coffee-growing households in Vietnam to investigate coping mechanisms employed by farmers in a transitioning economy. We find that households cope with lower coffee prices by increasing wage labor of adults with children and adolescents substituting for adults on the farm. Heterogeneity analysis indicates a stronger substitution pattern among women, ethnic minorities, and households withfewer assets. A variety of robustness checks corroborate these findings. Account of this finding should be taken in formulating and implementing social protection and inclusive growth policies
AB - Volatility in commodity markets poses a distinct risk to farmers in developing countries who rely on cash crop agriculture. We combine a time series of international coffee prices with a long-running panel on coffee-growing households in Vietnam to investigate coping mechanisms employed by farmers in a transitioning economy. We find that households cope with lower coffee prices by increasing wage labor of adults with children and adolescents substituting for adults on the farm. Heterogeneity analysis indicates a stronger substitution pattern among women, ethnic minorities, and households withfewer assets. A variety of robustness checks corroborate these findings. Account of this finding should be taken in formulating and implementing social protection and inclusive growth policies
KW - Commodity prices
KW - income shocks
KW - intra-household allocation
KW - labor supply
KW - Vietnam
U2 - 10.1093/ajae/aay082
DO - 10.1093/ajae/aay082
M3 - Journal article
VL - 101
SP - 436
EP - 454
JO - American Journal of Agricultural Economics
JF - American Journal of Agricultural Economics
SN - 0002-9092
IS - 2
ER -