This study analyzed the welfare implications of collective action, in the form of membership in rural-based organizations, among 351 dairy buffalo farmers in Batangas, Bohol, Cavite, Laguna, Isabela, and Nueva Ecija. Using household consumption expenditure per capita as an indicator of household welfare, results of the Linear Regression with Endogenous...
The Relationship Between Social Capital and Farm Household Consumption Expenditure in Conflict-Vulnerable Areas of Mindanao
The improvement of farm income generating capacity via social capitalenhancement is a common goal in many community-based rural development projects. Yet, there are extremely limited studies empirically linking economic benefits and social capital, especially at the level of individual farm households. This paper aims to estimate empirically this relationship using...