The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso
We apply parametric and nonparametric methods to data from smallholders in Burkina Faso and assess the role that human capital characteristics play in the agricultural production process. Our results point to the technology‐changing nature of health, education, and experience. However, effects are r...
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| author | Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie Badiane, Ousmane |
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| description | We apply parametric and nonparametric methods to data from smallholders in Burkina Faso and assess the role that human capital characteristics play in the agricultural production process. Our results point to the technology‐changing nature of health, education, and experience. However, effects are rather heterogeneous. The productivity elasticity of health is much larger for households in the lowest landholding quintiles, while returns to experience are larger for households in the upper quintile. In terms of policy implications, our results suggest that productivity can be stimulated through the allocation of expenditure to social services that enhance certain types of human capital. Interventions aimed at improving the health status of households with smaller landholdings could have particularly strong welfare effects. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1459642024-10-25T08:05:27Z The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie Badiane, Ousmane human capital education agricultural production health parametric programming smallholders rural areas We apply parametric and nonparametric methods to data from smallholders in Burkina Faso and assess the role that human capital characteristics play in the agricultural production process. Our results point to the technology‐changing nature of health, education, and experience. However, effects are rather heterogeneous. The productivity elasticity of health is much larger for households in the lowest landholding quintiles, while returns to experience are larger for households in the upper quintile. In terms of policy implications, our results suggest that productivity can be stimulated through the allocation of expenditure to social services that enhance certain types of human capital. Interventions aimed at improving the health status of households with smaller landholdings could have particularly strong welfare effects. 2019-06-10 2024-06-21T09:05:26Z 2024-06-21T09:05:26Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145964 en Limited Access Wiley Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie; and Badiane, Ousmane. 2019. The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso. Agricultural Economics 50(4): 421-434. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12500 |
| spellingShingle | human capital education agricultural production health parametric programming smallholders rural areas Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie Badiane, Ousmane The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso |
| title | The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso |
| title_full | The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso |
| title_short | The role of health, experience, and educational attainment in agricultural production: Evidence from smallholders in Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | role of health experience and educational attainment in agricultural production evidence from smallholders in burkina faso |
| topic | human capital education agricultural production health parametric programming smallholders rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145964 |
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