Skills, Partnerships and Tenancy in Sri Lankan Rice Farms



Table 3: Contract Choice: Probit and Tobit Estimates

__________________Probit__________________

__________________Tobit__________________

______Share______

_______Fixed_______

______Share_____

_______Fixed_______

Constant

-0.8220

-4.11

-2.5599

-7.60

-1.4755

-5.61

-8.0859

-7.80

land owned - paddy

-0.8875

-28.10

-0.2763

-10.95

-1.0685

-25.14

-0.7048

-9.46

land owned - highland

-0.0113

-1.17

-0.0737

-4.07

-0.0022

-0.19

-0.2380

-4.36

household size

0.0244

2.50

0.0471

3.64

0.0396

3.14

0.1647

4.28

male adults (%)

0.1467

1.41

0.2189

1.65

0.1978

1.47

0.6682

1.71

female adults (%)

0.1362

1.19

-0.2749

-1.73

0.2803

1.90

-0.8536

-1.81

tractors owned

0.0581

0.63

0.5494

5.14

0.1718

1.44

1.2236

5.54

bullocks owned

0.0420

4.18

-0.0101

-0.64

0.0530

4.00

-0.0219

-0.49

% of students

-0.2297

-2.20

-0.4308

-3.17

-0.2958

-2.19

-1.4061

-3.49

education of head

0.0445

2.45

0.0813

3.39

0.0453

1.94

0.2349

3.31

education squared

-0.0054

-3.38

-0.0071

-3.39

-0.0052

-2.47

-0.0189

-3.07

sex of head

0.3072

5.04

0.0362

0.46

0.4136

5.18

0.1467

0.63

agricultural household

-0.0552

-1.18

-0.1235

-1.98

0.0218

0.36

-0.2887

-1.56

fisheries and livestock

0.1198

2.99

0.3231

6.43

0.1189

2.31

0.9123

6.05

ethnic group

0.1146

0.72

0.9712

3.29

0.1580

0.75

2.9224

3.33

skill

0.0250

0.10

0.1461

4.44

-0.2908

-0.91

0.4406

4.48

dry zone

-0.2345

-5.07

0.5166

8.30

-0.1265

-2.11

1.6967

8.81

hills

0.2278

5.37

0.0254

0.38

0.2723

4.97

0.1228

0.61

sigma

1.4004

52.81

3.0112

27.17

Number of observations

8428

8428

8428

8428

Log likelihood function

-3473.29

-1840.56

-5239.85

-2569.53

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