A note on soil depth, failing markets and agricultural pricing: Comment

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lichtenberg, Erik
• 署名单位: University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2005.05.006
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 236-243
• 关键词: agriculture; soil conservation; labor markets; structural adjustment; price policy

摘要

Bulte and van Soest [Bulte, E., van Soest, D. 1999. A note on soil depth, failing markets and agricultural pricing. Journal of Development Economics 58, 245-254.] argue that higher agricultural output prices result in greater soil conservation when labor markets function well but have ambiguous effects when labor markets are absent. The latter result is not attributable to labor market failure but rather occurs whenever labor supply is less than perfectly elastic. Consistent with the more general model presented here, empirical evidence from a number of developing countries suggests that well-functioning labor markets are associated with decreases in investment in soils. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.