Non-traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : Long-Term Welfare Impacts of Export Crop Adoption among Guatemalan Smallholders

This study documents the long-term welfare effects of household non-traditional agricultural export (NTX) adoption. The analysis uses a unique panel dataset, which spans the period 1985-2005, and employs difference-in-differences estimation to inve...

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Main Authors:	Carletto, Calogero, Kilic, Talip, Kirk, Angeli
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ADVERSE EFFECTS AGENCY PROBLEMS AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL SEASON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ANTI-POVERTY ASSETS BANKRUPTCY BEANS BOUNDED RATIONALITY BROCCOLI CARROTS CASH CROPS CHILD LABOR COMMERCIALIZATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONTRACT FARMING COTTON CROP CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP LOSSES CROP PRODUCTION CROPS CULTIVATION DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIC SITUATION EMPLOYMENT INCOME EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT COMPANIES EXPORT CROPS EXPORTS EXTENSION FAO FARM FARM ACTIVITIES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARM INCOMES FARM LABOR FARM MANAGEMENT FARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM SIZE FARM-GATE FARMER FARMER GROUPS FARMERS FARMS FEMALE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS FERTILIZER FIXED COSTS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD COMMODITIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD POLICY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FRUITS GDP GENDER HARVESTS HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL IFPRI INCOME INCOME GENERATION INCOME LEVELS INCOMES INTERCROPPING INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRRIGATION LAISSEZ FAIRE LAND ACCESS LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND TENURE LANDHOLDINGS LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVING STANDARDS MAIZE MALNUTRITION MARKETING MULTIPLIER EFFECTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OPPORTUNITY COST PEAS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PEST CONTROL PEST MANAGEMENT PESTICIDE PESTICIDE RESIDUE POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR SMALLHOLDERS POOREST HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY RATES PRODUCT MARKETS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESS REGIONAL COMPETITION REGIONAL PRODUCTION REMOTE LOCATIONS RICE RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL LIVING STANDARDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT SMALL FARMS SMALL-SCALE FARMING SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL QUALITY SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUGARCANE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEXTILES UNEMPLOYMENT VEGETABLE CROPS VEGETABLE PRODUCTION VEGETABLES VILLAGE LEVEL WAGES WEALTH WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS WELFARE INDICATOR YIELDS
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