Marcel Fafchamps|Agnes Quisumbing
Human Capital, Productivity, and Labor Allocation in Rural Pakistan
Stanford University|International Food Policy Research Institute
paper investigates whether human capital affects productivity labor allocation rural households four districts pakistan find households better educated males earn higher offfarm income divert labor resources away farm activities toward nonfarm work education significant effect productivity crop livestock production effect human capital household incomes partly realized reallocation labor low productivity activities nonfarm work female education nutrition affect productivity labor allocation systematic fashion consistent marginal role women play market oriented activities pakistan byproduct estimation approach also tests existence perfect labor factor markets hypothesis strongly rejected