Does Contracting Make Farmers Happy? Evidence from Senegal

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AuteurDEDEHOUANOU, SENAKPON FIDELE ANGE
AuteurSWINNEN, JOHAN
AuteurMAERTENS, MIET
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2013
ResumeIn this paper we use a subjective well-being approach to evaluate the welfare impact of contract-farming. We analyze the impact of contract-farming on self-reported happiness using original panel data from a farm-household survey in the Niayes region in Senegal. We use different econometric techniques and show that, when correcting for time invariant unobserved heterogeneity, contract-farming has a positive effect on subjective well-being. We find diverging effects for different types of contracts, suggesting that contract-farming contributes more to farmers’ subjective well-being under certain conditions and contract design. Our main finding corroborates earlier findings from empirical studies using cross-sectional data and income-based measures of welfare. In line with earlier results from the subjective well-being literature, we find that absolute income has a positive but decreasing effect on subjective well-being while comparison income has a negative effect. Also household demographic characteristics, their land and livestock assets, and housing indicators affect subjective well-being.
DOI10.1111/roiw.12041
Autre identifiantBECDB-338
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/801
Languefr
Fait partie deReview of Income and Wealth
Sujetcontract-farming
Sujetsubjective wellbeing
Sujethappiness
Sujetfarm-households
TitreDoes Contracting Make Farmers Happy? Evidence from Senegal
TypeArticle

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