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Analyzing Labor Heterogeneity In Ghanaian Cocoa Production And Its Implications For Separability In Household Decisions And Policy Assessment

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  • TSIBOE, FRANCIS
  • LUCKSTEAD, JEFF
  • DIXON, BRUCE L.
  • NALLEY, LAWTON L.
  • POPP, JENNIE S.

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Researchers have employed farm household models (FHMs) for policy analysis under the separability assumption. However, separability can fail, and the household's production and consumption decisions become simultaneous. Using 5 years of household data, the separability assumption among Ghana's cocoa-producing households is tested via heterogeneity of household adult males and females, household children, and hired and exchange labor. Results show labor is heterogeneous, implying a lack of separability. Simulation analysis also shows that ignoring nonseparability leads to an underestimation of policy effects. Thus, nonseparability in production and consumption decisions must be incorporated in FHMs developed for Ghanaian cocoa-producing households.

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  • Tsiboe, Francis & Luckstead, Jeff & Dixon, Bruce L. & Nalley, Lawton L. & Popp, Jennie S., 2018. "Analyzing Labor Heterogeneity In Ghanaian Cocoa Production And Its Implications For Separability In Household Decisions And Policy Assessment," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 50(4), pages 602-627, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:50:y:2018:i:04:p:602-627_00
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    1. Meilin Ma & Richard J. Sexton, 2021. "Modern agricultural value chains and the future of smallholder farming systems," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(4), pages 591-606, July.

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