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The Welfare Effects of Farm Household Activity Choices in Post-War Mozambique

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dc.creator Brück, Tilman
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:58:20Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:58:20Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18109
dc.identifier ppn:385539711
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18109
dc.description This paper analyses the effects of activity choices on farm household income and consumption in a war-affected developing country. The study uses household survey data from Mozambique and controls for the endogeneity of activity choices with instrumental variables. War-time activity choices (such as subsistence farming) are shown to enhance welfare in the post-war period. Market and social exchange induce only limited welfare gains. Cotton adoption reduces household welfare, which contradicts previous studies not controlling for endogenous activity choices. The study thus demonstrates how standard predictions of economics may become invalid in post-war economies. Furthermore, the paper identifies pro-poor reconstruction policies.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 413
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O13
dc.subject I31
dc.subject Q12
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject poverty
dc.subject farm households
dc.subject activity choices
dc.subject rural development
dc.subject war
dc.subject reconstruction
dc.subject Landwirtschaftlicher Familienbetrieb
dc.subject Haushaltsökonomik
dc.subject Subsistenzwirtschaft
dc.subject Wohlfahrtseffekt
dc.subject Kriegsschaden
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Mozambique
dc.title The Welfare Effects of Farm Household Activity Choices in Post-War Mozambique
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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