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Farm Productivity and Rural Poverty in India

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  • Datt, Gaurav
  • Ravallion, Martin

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To what extent do India’s rural poor share in agricultural growth? Combining data from 24 household sample surveys spanning 35 years with other sources, we estimate a model of the joint determination of consumption-poverty measures, agricultural wages, and food prices. We find that higher farm productivity brought both absolute and relative gains to poor rural households. A large share of the gains were via wages and prices, though these effects took time. The benefits to the poor were not confined to those near the poverty line.

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  • Datt, Gaurav & Ravallion, Martin, 1998. "Farm Productivity and Rural Poverty in India," FCND Discussion Papers 97041, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:fcnddp:97041
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.97041
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