extensive margin
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextensiveandmargin
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extensive
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/us/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/
covering a large area; having a ...
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margin
noun
uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪn/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪn/
the amount by which one thing is different ...
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And between the intensive and extensive margins, farmers adjust land allocation among different crops.
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It increases the value of the marginal product of all inputs, including agricultural land, at theextensivemarginor frontier.
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To understand deforestation and thus promote forest conservation, it is important to analyse what happens at theextensivemargin, or the agriculture-forestry interface.
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While land and labour are likely the most important inputs at theextensivemargin, it is clear that capital may also play a role.
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Figure 4 displays the effect of a decrease in the capital stock at theextensivemargin.
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At theextensivemargin, farmers increase and decrease total cultivated area by bringing new plots into production, or by leaving plots fallow.
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Thus, households are constrained by limited wealth on anextensivemarginof occupational choice and intensive margin of capital utilized, although both constraints can be alleviated over time.
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Recall that we have estimated this model for descriptive, not predictive purposes, and therefore include these endogenous variables to better understand theextensivemarginof forest fuel collection.
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Depending on the type of technological change (and the region that is suitable for adopting it), migration may occur towards or away from theextensivemargin.
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Technical progress that reduces the volatility of vegetable yields will result in a marked land-use substitution towards vegetables, but again we would expect little impact at theextensivemargin.
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And between the intensive and extensive margins, farmers adjust land allocation among different crops.
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An increase in the retirement age affects education both at the intensive and the extensive margins.
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