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Agricultural Productivity, Hired Labor, Wages and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorEmran, Shahe
dc.contributor.authorShilpi, Forhad
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-12T21:41:09Z
dc.date.available2014-11-12T21:41:09Z
dc.date.issued2014-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides evidence on the effects of agricultural productivity on wage rates, labor supply to market oriented activities, and labor allocation between own farming and wage labor in agriculture. To guide the empirical work, this paper develops a general equilibrium model that underscores the role of reallocation of family labor engaged in the production of non-marketed services at home (`home production'). The model predicts positive effects of a favorable agricultural productivity shock on wages and income, but the effect on hired labor is ambiguous; it depends on the strength of reallocation of labor from home to market production by labor surplus and deficit households. Taking rainfall variations as a measure of shock to agricultural productivity, and using subdistrict level panel data from Bangladesh, this paper finds significant positive effects of a favorable rainfall shock on agricultural wages, labor supply to market work, and per capita household expenditure. The share of hired labor in contrast declines substantially in response to a favorable productivity shock, which is consistent with a case where labor-deficit households respond more than the labor-surplus ones in reallocating labor from home production.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20270087/agricultural-productivity-hired-labor-wages-poverty-evidence-bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7056
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/20518
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7056
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO MARKETS
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectACTIVE LABOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WAGES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL YIELDS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCD
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICE
dc.subjectCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectCROP SCIENTISTS
dc.subjectCROP YIELD
dc.subjectDEMAND CURVE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDIMINISHING RETURNS
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectEXCLUSION RESTRICTION
dc.subjectEXPANSION OF IRRIGATION
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFAMILY LABOR
dc.subjectFARM ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectFARM PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFIRING COSTS
dc.subjectFOOD OUTPUT
dc.subjectFOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME GAINS
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MARKET
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION EXPANSION
dc.subjectLABOR ALLOCATION
dc.subjectLABOR DEMAND
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET INDICATORS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET RIGIDITY
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR REALLOCATION
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLABORERS
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subjectMARKET INTEGRATION
dc.subjectMARKET WAGE
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectNON-FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectNON-FARM SECTOR
dc.subjectNORMAL GOOD
dc.subjectOPPORTUNITY COST
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION POSSIBILITY CURVE
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY INCREASE
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
dc.subjectREAL WAGE
dc.subjectRETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectRURAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL TOWNS
dc.subjectRURAL WAGES
dc.subjectSELF EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTE
dc.subjectSUBSTITUTION
dc.subjectSUPPLY CURVE
dc.subjectSUPPLY ELASTICITY
dc.subjectSUPPLY FUNCTION
dc.subjectSURPLUS
dc.subjectSURPLUS LABOR
dc.subjectTOTAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectWAGE DATA
dc.subjectWAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASE
dc.subjectWAGE INCREASES
dc.subjectWAGE RATE
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWAR
dc.titleAgricultural Productivity, Hired Labor, Wages and Poverty : Evidence from Bangladeshen
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okr.crossref.titleAgricultural Productivity, Hired Labor, Wages and Poverty: Evidence from Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2014-10-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:55:16.130625Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20270087/agricultural-productivity-hired-labor-wages-poverty-evidence-bangladesh
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeAgriculture
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid903891468212073046
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7056
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20141007155814
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum20270087
okr.identifier.reportWPS7056
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/10/07/000158349_20141007155814/Rendered/PDF/WPS7056.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.unitAgriculture and Rural Development Team, Development Research Group
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