Titre : | Determinants of Amazon deforestation: the role of off-farm income (2018) |
Auteurs : | Claudio Araujo ; Jean-Louis Combes ; José Gustavo Feres |
Type de document : | Article : Revues - Articles |
Dans : | Environment and Development Economics (Vol. 24 N°8, April 2019) |
Article en page(s) : | pp. 1-19 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Catégories : |
[Eurovoc] AGRICULTURE, SYLVICULTURE ET PÊCHE > activité agricole [Eurovoc] ÉCONOMIE > analyse économique > analyse économique > économétrie > modèle économique [Eurovoc] ENVIRONNEMENT > détérioration de l'environnement > dégradation de l'environnement > déboisement [Eurovoc] GÉOGRAPHIE > Amérique > Amérique latine > Amérique du Sud > Brésil |
Tags : | deforestation in Amazonia ; economic models |
Résumé : | This paper aims at assessing the determinants of Amazon deforestation, emphasizing the role played by off-farm income. Initially an economic model is provided which relates off-farm income to deforestation patterns. Subsequently, empirical implications are tested using data from the 2006 Brazilian Agricultural Census. Estimation results suggest that higher off-farm incomes are associated with reduced deforestation rates. In fact, higher off-farm incomes might increase the opportunity cost associated with agricultural activities. The latter option becomes less attractive and farmers dedicate less time to farm activities, thereby reducing deforestation pressure. Results also show that smallholders respond less to the increase in the returns from off-farm activities when compared to largeholders, which matches our hypothesis of labor market imperfections regarding off-farm activities. |
Doi : | DOI : 10.1017/S1355770X18000359 |
Axe de recherche : | Trajectoires de développement durable |
En ligne : | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01875172 |