Does supervision matter? Some hypothesis tests using Indian farm-level data

George B. Frisvold

doi:10.1016/0304-3878(94)90005-1

Does supervision matter? Some hypothesis tests using Indian farm-level data

George B. Frisvold

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Abstract

A model is developed and estimated to test for heterogeneity of family and hired labor in agricultural production and to estimate the impact of employer supervision on the productivity of hired labor. Plot-level data are used from a rice-growing village in semi-arid tropical India. The hypothesis that family and hired labor are homogeneous inputs was rejected. Results indicate that family member supervision is required to increase hired labor productivity. Output loss attributable to operating at reduced supervision intensity was greater than 10% on over 40% of the plots.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	217-238
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of Development Economics
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-3878(94)90005-1
State	Published - Apr 1994
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

India
Labor productivity
Supervision

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Development
Economics and Econometrics

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