[50] Is off-farm income reforming the farm? Evidence from Mexico (2009)

1. Research interested

Off-farm participation of rural households

2. Article / Journal

"Is off-farm income reforming the farm? Evidence from Mexico (2009)"

Pfeiffer, L., A.Lopez-Feldman, and J. E. Taylor/ Agricultural Economics

3. Presenter

: Yongeun Lee

4. When

2018. 11. 7. (Wed) - 12:00 ~ 13:30

5. Where

Seminar room 406, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology

6. Main contents

○ The impact of rural household's off-farm income on agricultural production activity(production quantity, labor allocation, and input use), using data from the 2003 Mexico National Rural Household Survey.

○ Agricultural household model as theoretical foundation to explore access to off-farm income and its impact on agricultural production activity.

7. Method-used

○ Instrumental-variable (IV) Tobit estimation, Stochastic Frontier

8. Results

○ Total household income is significantly higher with access to off-farm income.

○ However, off-farm income has a negative effect on agricultural output and the use of family labor on the farm, but a positive impact on the demand for purchased inputs.