Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/117325 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
EFForTS Discussion Paper Series No. 13
Publisher: 
GOEDOC, Dokumenten- und Publikationsserver der Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen
Abstract: 
The study examines the heterogeneous livelihood impacts of oil palm expansion among smallholder farmers in Jambi Province, Sumatra. Per-capita annual consumption expenditure (PACE) is chosen as a quantitative measure of livelihood status of farm-households. Its determinants are estimated using standard treatment-effect and endogenous switching regression models. After controlling for self-selection bias, adopters of oil palm are found increasing their PACE significantly in comparison to the counterfactual. On the other hand, most of the non-adopters are better-off without oil palm, presenting a strong case of comparative advantage. Differential consumption impacts of observed variables are evident across adoption and non-adoption regimes. In general, farm-households with higher opportunity cost of family labour benefit disproportionately more with oil palm adoption.
Subjects: 
adoption
agricultural development
endogenous switching
impact
Indonesia
farmer welfare
JEL: 
O12
O33
Q12
P36
R14
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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