The egalitarian component of the production team distribution system
further worsened the situation (Chinn 1980; Putterman 1987, 1990).
Because a proportion of agricultural output, mainly grain and crop
residues, was distributed on a per capita basis, returns to working points
and farmers' efforts were further reduced. Putterman (1990), using a
1970 panel data-set, empirically tested and accepted (mildly) the hypothesis
that team members worked harder the more revenue generated they
expected to be distributed as income (in contrast to distribution on per
capita basis), and the more income they expected to be distributed in the
form of cash.