Market imperfections and land productivity in the Ethiopian Highlands

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archiveen_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/322052982_MARKET_IMPERFECTIONS_AND_LAND_PRODUCTIVITY_IN_THE_ETHIOPIAN_HIGHLANDSen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
dc.contributor.authorHolden, Steinen_US
dc.contributor.authorShiferaw, Bekeleen_US
dc.contributor.authorPender, John L.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-24T12:43:26Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-10-24T12:43:26Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156188en_US
dc.titleMarket imperfections and land productivity in the Ethiopian Highlandsen_US
dcterms.abstractThis study analyzes how market imperfections affect land productivity in a degraded low-potential cereal- livestock economy in the Ethiopian highlands. A wide array of variables is used to control for land quality in the analysis. Results of three different selection models were compared with least squares models using the HC3 heteroskedasticity-consistent covariance matrix estimator. Market imperfections in labor and land markets were found to affect land productivity. Land productivity was positively correlated with household male and female labor force per unit of land. Female-headed households achieved much lower land productivity than male- headed households. Old age of household heads was also correlated with lower land productivity. Imperfections in the rental market for oxen appeared to cause overstocking of oxen by some households. Conservation technologies had no significant positive short-run effect on land productivity. The main results were consistent across the different econometric models.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHolden, Stein; Shiferaw, Bekele; Pender, John L. 2001. Market imperfections and land productivity in the Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Agricultural Economics 52(3): 53-70. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322052982_MARKET_IMPERFECTIONS_AND_LAND_PRODUCTIVITY_IN_THE_ETHIOPIAN_HIGHLANDSen_US
dcterms.issued2001en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/3070en_US
dcterms.subjectlivestock productionen_US
dcterms.subjectcereal cropsen_US
dcterms.subjectlabour productivityen_US
dcterms.subjectmarketsen_US
dcterms.subjectland managementen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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