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A Model of Optimal Labour and Soil Use with Shifting Cultivation


Unai Pascual


University of York (UK) - Derwent College

Edward B. Barbier


University of Wyoming - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance
October 2001

FEEM Working Paper No. 83.2001

Abstract:     
This paper analyses the relationship between rural poverty and soil degradation in the context of a shifting cultivating community. A deterministic optimal control model demonstrates how a representative household's labour allocation affects the natural resource base on which its livelihood largely depends. The comparative static examination of relevant parameters and welfare effects of changes in the real wage rate are discussed. The theoretical results obtained are calibrated with data from the Yucatan, Mexico.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 55

Keywords: Natural resources, Soil, Mexico

JEL Classification: Q12, Q23, D13, I3

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Date posted: December 4, 2001  

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Pascual, Unai and Barbier, Edward B., A Model of Optimal Labour and Soil Use with Shifting Cultivation (October 2001). FEEM Working Paper No. 83.2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=291941 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.291941

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Unai Pascual (Contact Author)
University of York (UK) - Derwent College ( email )
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
United Kingdom
Edward B. Barbier
University of Wyoming - College of Business - Department of Economics and Finance ( email )
Dept. 3985
COB, 1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
United States
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