Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture

This paper proposes an estimator for the endogenous switching regression models with fixed effects. The decision to switch from one regime to the other may depend on unobserved factors, which would cause the state, such as being credit constrained, to be endogenous. Our estimator allows for this end...

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Main Authors: Woutersen, Tiemen, Hauck, Katherine, Khandker, Shahidur R.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: MDPI 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177085
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author Woutersen, Tiemen
Hauck, Katherine
Khandker, Shahidur R.
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description This paper proposes an estimator for the endogenous switching regression models with fixed effects. The decision to switch from one regime to the other may depend on unobserved factors, which would cause the state, such as being credit constrained, to be endogenous. Our estimator allows for this endogenous selection and for conditional heteroscedasticity in the outcome equation. Applying our estimator to a dataset on the productivity in agriculture substantially changes the conclusions compared to earlier analysis of the same dataset. Intuitively, the reason that our estimate of the impact of switching between states is smaller than previously estimated is that we captured the selection issue: switching between being credit constrained and credit unconstrained may be endogenous to farm production. In particular, we find that being credit constant has the substantial effect of reducing yield by 11%, but not the previously estimated very dramatic effect of reducing yield by 26%.
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spelling CGSpace1770852025-12-08T10:29:22Z Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture Woutersen, Tiemen Hauck, Katherine Khandker, Shahidur R. credit agriculture regression analysis models This paper proposes an estimator for the endogenous switching regression models with fixed effects. The decision to switch from one regime to the other may depend on unobserved factors, which would cause the state, such as being credit constrained, to be endogenous. Our estimator allows for this endogenous selection and for conditional heteroscedasticity in the outcome equation. Applying our estimator to a dataset on the productivity in agriculture substantially changes the conclusions compared to earlier analysis of the same dataset. Intuitively, the reason that our estimate of the impact of switching between states is smaller than previously estimated is that we captured the selection issue: switching between being credit constrained and credit unconstrained may be endogenous to farm production. In particular, we find that being credit constant has the substantial effect of reducing yield by 11%, but not the previously estimated very dramatic effect of reducing yield by 26%. 2024-12 2025-10-14T17:55:06Z 2025-10-14T17:55:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177085 en Open Access MDPI Woutersen, Tiemen; Hauck, Katherine; and Khandker, Shahidur R. 2024. Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture. Econometrics 12(4): 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/econometrics12040027
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Hauck, Katherine
Khandker, Shahidur R.
Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture
title Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture
title_full Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture
title_fullStr Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture
title_short Estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of Peruvian agriculture
title_sort estimating the effects of credit constraints on productivity of peruvian agriculture
topic credit
agriculture
regression analysis
models
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/177085
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