The changing structure of production: Argentine agriculture 1988-2002

Arbeitspapier

The agricultural sector of many countries shows increasing farm size with corresponding decrease in farm numbers. Despite abundant research, the determinants of changes in firm numbers and size have not been clearly identified. This paper attempts to explain small firm survival in Argentine agriculture in the 1988-2002 period. The evidence suggests that labor market considerations, as well changing optimal size in response to production specialization are important factors affecting small-firm disappearance. In contrast, factor proportions (the K/L ratio) does not appear to have an impact on changes in firm size.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Serie Documentos de Trabajo ; No. 415

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
• Thema: economies of scale ; Argentine agriculture ; agricultural labor markets ; Landwirtschaft ; Betriebsgrößenstruktur ; Skalenertrag ; Ländlicher Arbeitsmarkt ; Argentinien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gallacher, Marcos
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (UCEMA)
• (wo): Buenos Aires
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/84347
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ