Personality Traits, Technology Adoption, and Technical Efficiency : Evidence from Smallholder Rice Farms in Ghana /
Although a large literature highlights the impact of personality traits on key labor market outcomes, evidence of their impact on agricultural production decisions remains limited. Data from 1,200 Ghanaian rice farmers suggest that noncognitive skills (polychronicity, work centrality, and optimism)...
Main Author: | Ali, Daniel |
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Other Authors: | Bown, Derick, Deininger, Klaus W., 1962- |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Washington, D.C. :
The World Bank,
2017
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Series: | Policy research working papers
World Bank e-Library |
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