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Rajveer Jat
Rajveer Jat is a PhD student at the University of California, Riverside. His research interests are high-dimensional econometric theory and machine learning. He did his Masters in Quantitative Economics from Indian Statistical Institute and Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. For his latest work, please visit: rajveerjat.com
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The agricultural productivity gap: Informality matters
There are various explanations in the literature for the observed productivity gap between agriculture and other sectors, in developing countries. Using Indian data, this article questions the standard view of the two-sector productivity gap. It shows that while the productivity gap between the farm sector and informal non-farm sector is negligible, a worker in the formal non-farm sector is 3-4 times more productive than a worker in the farm sector.
