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Macroeconomic Shocks, Human Capital And Productive Efficiency: Evidence From West African Farmers

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  • Barrett, Christopher B.
  • Sherlund, Shane M.
  • Adesina, Akinwumi A.

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Little empirical work has quantified the transitory effects of macroeconomic shocks on farm-level production behavior. We develop a simple analytical model to explain how macroeconomic shocks might temporarily divert managerial attention, thereby affecting farm-level productivity, but perhaps to different degrees and for different durations across production units. We then successfully test hypotheses from that model using panel data bracketing massive currency devaluation in the west African nation of Cote d'Ivoire. We find a transitory increase in mean plot-level technical inefficiency among Ivorien rice producers and considerable variation in the magnitude and persistence of this effect, attributable largely to ex ante complexity of operations, and the educational attainment and off-farm employment status of the plot manager.

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  • Barrett, Christopher B. & Sherlund, Shane M. & Adesina, Akinwumi A., 2003. "Macroeconomic Shocks, Human Capital And Productive Efficiency: Evidence From West African Farmers," Working Papers 14744, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:cudawp:14744
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.14744
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    1. Christopher B. Barrett, 2005. "Rural poverty dynamics: development policy implications," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 32(s1), pages 45-60, January.
    2. Santos, Paulo & Barrett, Christopher B., 2004. "Interest And Identity In Network Formation," 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO 19920, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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