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Too Small to Be Beautiful?: The Farm Size and Productivity Relationship in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Mansur
dc.contributor.authorGautam, Madhur
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-30T19:40:24Z
dc.date.available2018-03-30T19:40:24Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the agricultural productivity–farm size relationship in the context of Bangladesh. Features of Bangladesh's agriculture help overcome several limitations in testing the inverse farm size–productivity relationship in other developing country settings. A stochastic production frontier model is applied using data from three rounds of a household panel survey to estimate simultaneously the production frontier and the technical inefficiency functions. The “correlated random effects” approach is used to control for unobserved heterogeneous household effects. Methodologically, the results suggest that the stochastic production frontier models that ignore the inefficiency function are likely mis-specified, and may result in misleading conclusions on the farm size–productivity relationship. Empirically, the findings confirm that the farm size and productivity relationship is negative, but with the inverse relationship diminishing over time. Total factor productivity growth, driven by technical change, is found to have been robust across the sample. Across farm size groups, the relatively larger farmers experienced faster technical change, which helped them to catch up and narrow the productivity gap with the smaller farmers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/925511522248076351/Too-small-to-be-beautiful-the-farm-size-and-productivity-relationship-in-Bangladesh
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8387
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29567
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8387
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectRURAL LIVELIHOOD
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectFARM SIZE
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTECHNICAL CHANGE
dc.subjectSTOCHASTIC FRONTIER MODEL
dc.titleToo Small to Be Beautiful?en
dc.title.subtitleThe Farm Size and Productivity Relationship in Bangladeshen
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okr.crossref.titleToo Small to Be Beautiful?: The Farm Size and Productivity Relationship in Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2018-03-28
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/925511522248076351/Too-small-to-be-beautiful-the-farm-size-and-productivity-relationship-in-Bangladesh
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8387
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okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
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okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Development Strategy & Policy
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.unitAgriculture Global Practice
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