Migration and farm technical efficiency: evidence from Kosovo

被引：23
作者：
Sauer, Johannes [1 ]
Gorton, Matthew [2 ]
Davidova, Sophia [3 ]
机构：
[1] Tech Univ Munich, Agr Prod & Resource Econ, D-85350 Freising Weihenstephan, Germany
[2] Newcastle Univ, Sch Business, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, Tyne & Wear, England
[3] Univ Kent, Sch Econ, Canterbury, Kent, England
来源：
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 2015年 / 46卷 / 05期
关键词：
Migration; Technical efficiency; Agricultural households; Western Balkans; Kosovo; LAND FRAGMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MATCHING ESTIMATORS; REMITTANCES; ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; INCOME; AGRICULTURE; COMMUNITIES; INEQUALITY;
D O I：
10.1111/agec.12159
中图分类号：
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号：
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要：
This article investigates the effect of migration on farm technical efficiency drawing on a large and representative sample of agricultural households in Kosovo. A two-stage estimation procedure is applied: a frontier technique to estimate the effect of migration on farm efficiency, followed by a propensity score based matching approach to robustly estimate the sample average effect on efficiency for different levels of migration intensity. Migration is found to have an efficiency decreasing effect, which is amplified for better educated workers. The observed negative effect of migration on efficiency is evident even at low levels of migration intensity.
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页码：629 / 641
页数：13
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