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)...

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Main Authors: Ali, Daniel Ayalew, Brown, Derick, Deininger, Klaus
Published: Taylor and Francis 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32603