Sam Desiere|Dean Jolliffe
Land productivity and plot size: Is measurement error driving the inverse relationship?
Ghent University|IZA - Institute of Labor Economics|World Bank Group
paper revisits decadesold puzzle inverse plotsize productivity relationship ir states land productivity decreases plot size increases existing studies define land productivity yields selfreported production divided plot size consider alternative approach estimating yields based crop cuts cropcut method entails measuring harvesting randomly selected subplots trained technicians recommended food agricultural organization accurate measurement crop production using data rural ethiopia analysis indicates ir strong based selfreported production disappears based cropcut estimates inference findings ir artifact systematic overreporting production farmers small plots underreporting larger plots also discuss rejecting inverse plotsize productivity relationship significant implications inverse farmsize productivity relationship