Agricultural mechanization and structural change
Does farm machinery substitute labor and lead to more employment in non-agricultural sectors? Or does it make farming a more attractive occupation than ever?
Subjective life expectancy and pension participation
How does one’s belief about their longevity affect their decision to invest in pension? This paper looks at the relationship between farmers and informal sector workers’ participation in a flexible public pension and their longevity beliefs, using instrumental variables selected by machine learning.
Share tenancy and agricultural risk
Farmers choose crop share land rental contract to share risk between the land owner and the tenant, although it does not provide full incentive for the tenant to produce the largest yield possible. Will crop insurance reduce the need for crop share tenancy?
Conservation agriculture in developing countries
No till, straw mulching, crop rotation … These are considered key measures to improve resilience to climate change and reduce soil degradation. Are farmers in developing countries practicing conservation agriculture? What are the factors behind adoption decisions?