TY  - JA
AU  - Henderson,H.
TI  - Considering technical and allocative efficiency in the inverse farm size–productivity relationship
SN  - 1477-9552
PY  - 2015///
CY  - USA
PB  - Wiley
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Farm Size
KW  - Productivity
KW  - Smallholders
KW  - Labour market
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Nicaragua
N1  - Peer review
N2  - In the leading explanations for the oft‐observed inverse relationship (IR) between farm size and productivity in developing country agriculture, labour market imperfections have commonly occupied a central role. However, an emerging literature suggests that disparities in technical or allocative efficiency may be driving productivity differentials. Using nationally‐representative panel data from Nicaragua, we develop and employ a four‐stage empirical framework to simultaneously test the competing explanations for the IR. While efficiency differences exert a significant impact on all productivity indicators, their explanatory power is insufficient to rule out labour market imperfections as the driving force behind the relationship
T2  - Journal of Agricultural Economics
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12086
ER  -