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Labor Supervision and Institutional Conditions: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms
Author(s) -
DeSilva Sanjaya,
Evenson Robert E.,
Kimhi Ayal
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00902.x
Subject(s) - labor intensity , labor contract , control (management) , empirical evidence , survey data collection , labour economics , economics , business , demographic economics , labor relations , market economy , management , statistics , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology
This article analyzes labor supervision activities reported in a survey of rice farmers in the Bicol region of the Philippines. We present a theoretical model that relates supervision intensity to institutional conditions. We estimate a supervision intensity equation and control for the decision to hire labor, the decision to supervise hired labor, and the type of the labor contract. The empirical estimates use different village‐level spatial and demographic indicators as proxies for institutional conditions. The results are consistent with the prediction of the theoretical model that supervision increases with weaker institutional conditions.