Abstract: . . .  not be performing the demanding tasks of harvesting or sowing throughout the year. However, since these workers are classified according to their primary function, the extent of such overestimation may be limited. In any case the expenditure needed to break the PNT is higher than the poverty line for that year in only two of the nine cases. 28  . . .
. . .  international development. DFID provided funds for this study as part of that objective but the views and opinions expressed are those of the authors alone. The authors would like to thank DFID for supporting this research. Thanks are also due to participants of a workshop on Poverty Nutrition Traps held in New Delhi in November 2005 and C.J. Bliss, J. Behrman, A. Deolalikar, J. Ryan, P. Scandizzo, and P. Bardhan for helpful discussions. 2 In this paper we use the terms efficiency wage hypothesis and PNT interchangeably. 3 For a comprehensive . . .
. . .  development. DFID provided funds for this study as part of that objective but the views and opinions expressed are those of the authors alone. The authors would like to thank DFID for supporting this research. Thanks are also due to participants of a workshop on Poverty Nutrition Traps held in New Delhi in November 2005 and C.J. Bliss, J. Behrman, A. Deolalikar, J. Ryan, P. Scandizzo, and P. Bardhan for helpful discussions. 2 In this paper we use the terms efficiency wage hypothesis and PNT interchangeably. 3 For a comprehensive review . . .
. . .  urban Brazil” Journal of Econometrics , vol. 77, no.1, pp.159-185. Tobin, J. (1958) “Estimation of Relationships for Limited Dependent Variables” Econometrica , vol. 26, no.1, pp. 24-36. Weinberger, K. (2003) “The Impact of Micronutrients on Labour Productivity: Evidence from Rural India” Paper presented at the at the 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa Figure 1: The Capacity Curve Work Capacity Income 14 Page 15 ASARC Working Paper 2006/03 . . .
. . .  HIGHESTFEMEDUMATRIC Highest level of education for any adult female in household is matric Land_own Land Owned in Acres Land_own2 Square of Land Owned Other Variables RAINFALLINDEX Rainfall Index (actual - normal rain fall) for 76 agroclimatic zones in India. bimaru Dummy for Bimaru states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh) coastal Dummy for Coastal districts landrain Landowned*rainfall pr_pulses Price of Pulses pr_gur_sugar Price of Gur Sugar pr_oil Price of . . .
--3000,5,300,3145,58141