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Determinants and Dynamics of Farm Diversification

This paper examines the impact of various farm and household characteristics (such as farm size, the off-farm employment status, the farm operator's age and schooling and the number of family members) on the level as well as the dynamics of on-farm diversification. Using linked census data for Upper-Austria from 1980, 1985 and 1990 we provide evidence that smaller farms are more specialised and also tend to increase the degree of specialisation over time more quickly than large farms. A significantly lower degree of diversification (higher degree of specialisation) as well as a stronger reduction in diversification over time is also reported for businesses operated by older, less educated, part-time farm operators. The analysis of diversification dynamics also suggests that (a) farms adjust to changes in their environment by steadily approaching their long-run equilibrium level of diversification (b-convergence), and (b) the variance of the diversification distribution declines over time (s-convergence).

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: FE Working Paper ; No. 0002

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Landwirtschaft
Diversifikation
Betriebsgröße
Österreich

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Weiss, Christoph R.
Briglauer, Wolfgang
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Kiel University, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies
(wo)
Kiel
(wann)
2000

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Weiss, Christoph R.
  • Briglauer, Wolfgang
  • Kiel University, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies

Entstanden

  • 2000

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