The Effects of Non-Farm Enterprises on Farm Households’ Income and Consumption Expenditure in Rural India

• Zeeshan, . ^[1] ; Mohapatra, Geetilaxmi ^[1] ; Giri, Arun Kumar ^[1]
  1. [1] Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS)
• Localización: Economía agraria y recursos naturales, ISSN-e 2174-7350, ISSN 1578-0732, Vol. 19, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 195-222
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.7201/earn.2019.01.10
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Los efectos de las empresas no agrícolas en los ingresos y el consumo de los hogares rurales en la India rural
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  • español

    Se explotan datos representativos a escala nacional de hogares agrícolas de las Encuestas de Desarrollo Humano de la India (IHDS, por sus siglas en inglés) realizadas en 2004-05 y 2011-12. Este artículo analiza los efectos de la diversificación de los ingresos en las empresas no agrícolas sobre los ingresos y gastos de consumo de los hogares agrícolas en la India rural. Se han construido modelos probit de panel para examinar los determinantes de la diversificación de ingresos, mientras que la comparación de puntaje de propensión se usó para tener en cuenta el sesgo de selección resultante de factores no observados y los controles de las diferencias estructurales entre los hogares agrícolas diversificados y no diversificados. Los resultados sugieren que al participar en empresas no agrícolas, las familias rurales rurales obtienen ganancias positivas en los ingresos de la explotación y el gasto de consumo.

  • English

    Nationally representative data of farm households from India Human Development Surveys (IHDS) conducted in 2004-05 and 2011-12 are explored. This article analyzes the effects of income diversification in non-farm enterprises on farm households’ income and consumption expenditure in rural India. Panel probit models were built to examine the determinants of income diversification while propensity score matching was used to account selection bias resulting from unobserved factors and controls for structural differences between diversified and undiversified farm households. The results suggest that by engaging in non-farm enterprises, rural farm households make positive gains in farm income and consumption expenditure.

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