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Commodity Prices and Intra-Household Labor Allocation

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  • Ulrik Beck
  • Saurabh Singhal
  • Finn Tarp

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Volatility in commodity markets poses a distinct risk to farmers in developing countries who rely on cash crop agriculture. We combine a time series of international coffee prices with a long-running panel on coffee-growing households in Vietnam to investigate coping mechanisms employed by farmers in a transitioning economy. We find that households cope with lower coffee prices by increasing wage labor of adults, with children and adolescents substituting for adults on the farm. Heterogeneity analysis indicates a stronger substitution pattern among women, ethnic minorities, and households with fewer assets. A variety of robustness checks corroborate these findings. Account of this finding should be taken in formulating and implementing social protection and inclusive growth policies.

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  • Ulrik Beck & Saurabh Singhal & Finn Tarp, 2019. "Commodity Prices and Intra-Household Labor Allocation," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 101(2), pages 436-454.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:101:y:2019:i:2:p:436-454.
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    4. Jose, Anu, 2024. "Income shocks and intrahousehold resource allocation: evidence from rural Ethiopia," MPRA Paper 121873, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Quang-Thanh Ngo & Thuy-Khanh Hong Thai & Van-Tien Cao & Anh-Tuan Nguyen & Ngoc-Hieu Hoang & Ngoc-Danh Nguyen, 2020. "Individual-level Employment Transitions in Rural Viet Nam," AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, vol. 12(1), March.
    6. Habtamu Ali Beshir & Jean-François Maystadt, 2022. "Price shocks and human capital: Timing matters," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2022020, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).
    7. Andy McKay & Saurabh Singhal & Finn Tarp, 2018. "Welfare dynamics in rural Vietnam: Learning from regular, high-quality panel data," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2018-169, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    8. Narciso, Gaia, 2020. "Reprint of: Crop prices and the individual decision to migrate," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    9. Newman, Carol & Singhal, Saurabh & Tarp, Finn, 2020. "Introduction to understanding agricultural development and change: Learning from Vietnam," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    10. Xiuling Ding & Qian Lu & Lipeng Li & Apurbo Sarkar & Hua Li, 2023. "Does Labor Transfer Improve Farmers’ Willingness to Withdraw from Farming?—A Bivariate Probit Modeling Approach," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-27, August.
    11. Yu Na Lee, 2021. "Does Aversion to Price Risk Drive Migration? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(4), pages 1268-1293, August.

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