TY  - JA
AU  - Paudel,G.P.
AU  - Trung Thanh Nguyen
AU  - Grote,U.
TI  - Trade-offs between labour migration and agricultural productivity : : Evidence from smallholder wheat systems in Nepal
SN  - 0954-1748
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Oxford (United Kingdom) : 
PB  - John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 
KW  - Agricultural productivity
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Labour shortage
KW  - Migration
KW  - Remittances
KW  - Smallholders
KW  - Wheat
KW  - Nepal
N1  - Peer review; Open Access
N2  - Rural labour out-migration has become a major contributor to off-farm income through remittances and plays a crucial role in supporting the livelihoods of rural households in developing economies. However, research on the simultaneous on-farm and off-farm impacts of labour migration is still lacking. This study assesses the impacts of household labour migration on wheat productivity, labour and total costs, profitability and off-farm income among smallholder wheat growers in Nepal. We use endogenous switching regression and two-stage least squares regression models to control for potential endogeneity. The findings reveal that labour migration boosts off-farm income due to remittances but negatively affects wheat productivity and profitability due to labour shortages. In addition, heterogeneous effects are observed, with large farms, cooperative membership, use of farm mechanization and non-marginalized castes recording positive impacts. The study suggests that social institutions, such as cooperatives, and farm mechanization can create synergies between labour migration and agricultural productivity in Nepal
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/10883/35082
T2  - Journal of International Development
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3959
ER  -