Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso

This article uses an instrumental variables method to evaluate the impact of the use of health services on the productivity of rural households’ farming labor in Burkina Faso. The distance from a household’s homestead to the Health and Social Promotion Center (HSPC) is considered an instrumental var...

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Autor principal: Combary, Omer S.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147812
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description This article uses an instrumental variables method to evaluate the impact of the use of health services on the productivity of rural households’ farming labor in Burkina Faso. The distance from a household’s homestead to the Health and Social Promotion Center (HSPC) is considered an instrumental variable. The results reveal that using an HSPC in the case of an unexpected illness during the rainy season significantly improves farming labor productivity by FCFA 3170.5880 per man-day. In terms of policy implications for improving agricultural productivity, decision-makers should focus on the availability and quality of HSPC services in rural areas.
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spelling CGSpace1478122025-11-06T06:30:48Z Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso Combary, Omer S. health households labour productivity rural areas This article uses an instrumental variables method to evaluate the impact of the use of health services on the productivity of rural households’ farming labor in Burkina Faso. The distance from a household’s homestead to the Health and Social Promotion Center (HSPC) is considered an instrumental variable. The results reveal that using an HSPC in the case of an unexpected illness during the rainy season significantly improves farming labor productivity by FCFA 3170.5880 per man-day. In terms of policy implications for improving agricultural productivity, decision-makers should focus on the availability and quality of HSPC services in rural areas. 2016-10-26 2024-06-21T09:23:21Z 2024-06-21T09:23:21Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147812 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Combary, Omer S. 2016. Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso. AGRODEP Working Paper 0023. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147812
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Combary, Omer S.
Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso
title Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso
title_full Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso
title_fullStr Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso
title_short Impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in Burkina Faso
title_sort impacts of health services on agricultural labor productivity of rural households in burkina faso
topic health
households
labour
productivity
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147812
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