Development Economics: The Role of Agriculture in Development

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Land Tenure and Indian Agricultural Productivity....Pages 25-45
Land Ceilings as a Tax on Agriculture: A Note....Pages 46-48
Review of Palanpur: The Economy of an Indian Village ....Pages 49-53
Agricultural Taxation in Less Developed Countries: Effects of a Tax on Inefficiency....Pages 54-69
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Poverty in India: A Comment....Pages 73-76
Green Revolution and Inequality....Pages 77-85
Mobility and Inequality in Indian Agriculture....Pages 86-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Tests of the Profit-Maximisation Hypothesis: A Study of Indian Agriculture....Pages 99-118
Do Indian Farmers Maximise Profits?....Pages 119-132
Neo-Classical Economics and Indian Agriculture: An Econometric Analysis of Production Behaviour....Pages 133-155
The Response of Peasant Farmers to Price Incentives: The Use and Misuse of Profit Functions....Pages 156-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
The Informal Labour Market in India: Transitory or Permanent Employment for Migrants?....Pages 173-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Factors Influencing Women’s Empowerment on Microcredit Borrowers: A Case Study in Bangladesh....Pages 205-224
Back Matter....Pages 225-233