Does Large Farm Establishment Create Benefits for Neighboring Smallholders? Evidence from Ethiopia
研究了埃塞俄比亚大型农场对周边小农户的溢出效应，发现2004-2014年间大型农场未创造就业，仅在技术、投入品市场和抗冲击能力上带来有限好处。
Large-scale agricultural investment has expanded rapidly over the past decade, justified partly by the expectation that established smallholders will benefit from positive spillovers. We estimate spillovers between large and small farms in Ethiopia, using variation over time in proximity or intensity of exposure to large farms. We find that between 2004 and 2014, establishing commercial farms did not lead to job creation and provided only modest benefits in terms of technology, input market access, and resilience to crop shocks. This suggests that in Ethiopia a more strategic approach may be needed to maximize benefits from large farm formation for smallholders. <i></i>