Work incentives and uncertainty on a collective farm |
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Authors: | John P Bonin |
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Institution: | Department of Economics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06457, USA |
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Abstract: | The collective farm household's optimal allocation of time among work on both the collective and private plots and leisure is analyzed in certain and uncertain environments. The examination of static equilibrium solutions indicates that the collective farm need not be inefficient nor provide poor work incentives. Uncertainty is shown to exert a distinctive influence on work allocations. Implications are drawn from comparative static analysis to discuss the effects of government policy, e.g., increased crop quotas, on work incentives. The Soviet development period, recent agricultural reforms in the Khrushchev-Brezhnev era, and general policy implications are considered in the light of these new analytical results. |
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