Wage – labour activities by agricultural households in Nicaragua
研究了尼加拉瓜农业家庭参与工资劳动的决定因素，发现非农工资劳动主要由比较优势决定，而农业工资劳动则用于应对农业条件和市场不完善。
This article considers wage - labour activities by agricultural households in Nicaragua. It analyses the role of: (1) comparative advantage as determined by individual and household characteristics; and (2) agricultural conditions and market imperfections, in shaping wage - labour supply. An econometric specification is developed which allows for random household-specific effects. Results reveal that non-agricultural wage work is largely determined by comparative advantages, whereas agricultural wage work is used to deal with a number of agricultural conditions and market imperfections.