@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp3403, author={Stampini, Marco and Davis, Benjamin}, title={Does Off-Farm Labor Relax Farmers’ Credit Constraints? Evidence from Longitudinal Data for Vietnam}, year={2008}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={3403}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3403}, abstract={We examine the relationship between participation in non-agricultural labor activities and farming production decisions, focusing on the use of inputs. In particular, we are interested in the hypothesis that income from non-agricultural labor relaxes credit constraints. Using longitudinal data for Vietnam from 1993-98, we find that households participating in non-agricultural labor activities, consistently with our hypothesis, spend significantly more on seeds, services, hired labor and livestock inputs.}, keywords={credit constraints;linkages;rural labor markets;Vietnam}, }