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Impact of local public goods on agricultural productivity growth in the U.S.

Sun, Ling; Ball, V. Eldon; Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009

In this paper we revisit the issue on the impact of public R&D expenditure on US agricultural productivity growth. We … productivity from all series of R&D spillins are positive even though the social rate of return may differ. …

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Technical Change vs Efficiency Change: Performance of Food Industries over Time

Bontemps, Christophe; Nauges, Celine; Requillart, Vincent; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

This paper proposes an iterative procedure for testing periods of technical progress and periods of technical regress. We apply this methodology to the French food industry.

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A Matching Approach to Analyze the Impact of New Agricultural Technologies: Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Niger

Abdoulaye, Ibrahim Djido; Sanders, John H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

average adoption effect on participants by testing for productivity difference between adopters and non-adopters. Secondly, we … estimate a stochastic production technology frontier to compare technical efficiency of farmers in the extension program. We … test for returns to scale, examine factors affecting technical efficiency of participants, and compare technical efficiency …

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Learning and Synergy in Social Networks: Productivity Impacts of Informal Labor Sharing Arrangements

Mekonnen, Dawit; Dorfman, Jeffrey - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

We study the effects of informal labor sharing arrangements and other social interactions on farmers' productivity in a … grains production and find large productivity gains (approximately 20 percent) from labor sharing due to synergy effects that … boost labor productivity. Some training experiences, such as extension education programs and performing off-farm work, lead …

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THE MULTI-PRODUCT ASYMPTOTICALLY IDEAL MODEL: AN APPLICATION TO AGRICULTURE

Lusk, Jayson L.; Featherstone, Allen M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 1999

This paper examines the Multi-Product Asymptotically Ideal Production Model as an alternative to the translog and normalized quadratic functional forms using farm level data. Factors such as ease of estimation, imposition of regularity conditions, and quantitative differences in empirical...

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Yield and Area Elasticities. A Cost Function Approach with Uncertainty

Rosas, Francisco; Hayes, Dermot J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

This paper develops a method to jointly estimate crop yield elasticities and area elasticities with respect to output prices based on a theoretically consistent model. The model uses a duality theory approach for the multi-output and multi-input firm, and introduces uncertainty in the level of...

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School Food Service Costs: Does Location Matter?

Ollinger, Michael; Ralston, Katherine L.; Guthrie, Joanne F. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

authorities (SFAs) to serve appealing, healthful meals while covering food, labor, and other operating costs with USDA …

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Bayesian Inferences on Fourier Flexible Functional Form in Agricultural Production

Featherstone, Allen M.; Cader, Hanas A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005

Flexible functional forms are used to examine the characteristics of production technologies. The Fourier functional form is capable of approximating any function globally, with the specified expansion. Unfortunately the exact form of the expansion is not known. The regularity conditions are...

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Implications of Immigration Policies for the U.S. Farm Sector and Workforce

Devadoss, Stephen; Luckstead, Jeff - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010

We develop a theoretical model using migration and trade theory to examine the effects of domestic and border enforcement policies on unauthorized workers and the U.S. agricultural sector. The theoretical results show that heightened immigration policies increase the illegal farm wage rate, and...

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The Impact of Hospitals on Local Labor Markets: Going Beyond IMPLAN

Mandich, Anne M.; Dorfman, Jeffrey H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014

This study examines the impact of hospitals on local labor markets in rural and urban counties. We measure the ability … measurable positive labor market outcomes above their primary objective of providing health care access, particularly in rural …

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