Activity Choice, Labor Allocation, and Forest Use in Malawi
研究了马拉维低收入家庭的活动选择如何影响森林利用，发现森林使用回报高时森林退化激励增强，而非农就业回报、户主中学教育和财富则减轻森林压力。
<i>This article examines the determinants of activity choice affecting forest use among low-income households in Malawi. Data from three villages are used to estimate a system of household labor share equations for maize production, forest employment, and non-forest employment. A system estimation approach is used to identify factors influencing the competing and synergistic livelihood strategies which households undertake at the forest margin. Results from constrained maximum likelihood estimation indicate heightened incentives to degrade forests when returns to forest use are high. Factors reducing forest pressure include favorable returns to non-forest employment, secondary education of the household head, and wealth.</i>