Econometric Variations on a Theme by Schneider

Benton F. Massell

Expert InsightsPublished 1962

Harold K. Schneider’s paper “Economics in East African Aboriginal Societies” provides evidence that the Turu, an aboriginal tribe in the central part of Tanganyika, are to a large extent motivated by economic considerations, notably maximization of profit and accumulation of wealth. Elementary econometric techniques are used here to analyze Professor Schnieder’s data relating to Turu agricultural production. His qualitative observations on the relationship among the variables are supplemented by a more formal treatment that involves fitting a production function to cross-section data by means of multiple regression analysis.

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Massell, Benton F., Econometric Variations on a Theme by Schneider. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1962. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2582.html.
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