Human capital, productivity, and labor allocation in rural Pakistan
This paper investigates whether human capital affects the productivity and labor allocation of rural households in four districts of Pakistan. We find that households with better educated males earn higher off-farm income and divert labor resources away from farm activities toward nonfarm work. Educ...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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JSTOR
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/170769 |
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