Barbier, EdCoxhead, IanJayasuriya, SisiraMasters, WilliamMartinez, ElmerYao, RichardFord FoundationSANREM CRSPUSAIDShively, Gerald E.2016-04-192016-04-192001Land Economics 77(2): 268-2840023-76391543-8325http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65318Metadata only recordThis paper investigates the relationship of agricultural employment and land use choices in upland tropical forest margins. The author combines models of lowland agricultural production and upland farm labor allocation to study the influence of labor productivity, agricultural wages, and economic returns on deforestation rates. Data collected from Philippine farms shows that adoption of lowland irrigation increased labor demand, providing employment to upland residents, and thus causing a small (but statistically significant) reduction in deforestation rates.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightRural developmentDeforestationLocal marketsMarket demandEconomic analysesEconomic policyCommercializationLivelihoodsIrrigated farmingSmall-scale farmingRainfed agricultureModelingIrrigationSmall holder enterpriseIntensive farmingFarming systemsLabor marketsLabor allocationUpland agricultureLowland agricultureLabor allocationThe PhilippinesAgricultural intensificationAgricultural changeFarm/Enterprise Scale GovernanceAbstractCopyright 2001 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System