scholarly journals Does Off-Farm Labor Relax Farmers' Credit Constraints? Evidence from Longitudinal Data for Vietnam

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Stampini ◽  
Benjamin Davis
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Farm Labor

scholarly journals Off-farm Income, Credit Constraints, and Farm Investment

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-663
Author(s):  
Nigel Key
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Capital Expenditures ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Federal Programs ◽  
Net Worth ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Farm Investment

AbstractMany farmers face borrowing limits that depend on their household income and net worth. Given such credit constraints, an increase in off-farm income should allow farmers to borrow more, thus influencing production decisions and productivity. To test this hypothesis, the education level of the farm operator’s spouse is used to identify exogenous variation in off-farm income. Findings indicate that higher off-farm income leads to more borrowing, capital expenditures, capital input intensity, farm labor use, output, farm income, and productivity. Results suggest that Federal programs that promote access to credit for limited-resource farmers may increase farm investment and productivity.

Measures Collected on the USMA Class of 1998 as Part of the Baseline Officer Longitudinal Data Set (BOLDS)

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn M. Milan ◽  
Dennis R. Bourne ◽  
Michelle M. Zazanis ◽  
Paul T. Bartone
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Data Set
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