Data from the 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and multivariate regression procedures are used to examine the role of human capital in impacting the incomes of farm households. The paper uses an “adjusted†concept of income where government payments are subtracted from...

The aim of this work is to analyze the current state and changes in the human capital level of individual farmers who live in the Masovian voivodeship and to determine certain relations between the human capital level represented by farmers and the economic results of their farms. The paper...

Meaning of knowledge and information as a factor of a rise of productivity and economic growth is discussed. The human capital level in rural areas and knowledge and information level are rather poor. The low level of general education and insufficient agricultural qualifications of those...

Social Network Capital and Academic Careers: The Case of a College of Agriculture ABSTRACT The relationship between economic performance and various forms of capital anchors a significant portion of mainstream economic theory and applied economics. Human, physical and financial capital represent...

Human capital has been identified as significant determinant of farm size growth. However, there are numerous measures for human capital. Traditional measures include age, experience, and education of the principal operator and a management measure. This study identifies three types of...

Shows how economic theories based on parental self-interest may explain parental discrimination against daughters relative to sons. However, such theories often need to be adjusted (or even discarded) to allow for altruism of parents towards their children, and to take account of cultural...

The aim of the paper is to determine the role of human capital quality of local authorities in the local socio-economic development. The research was carried out in Warmia and Mazury Province in 2008. A synthetic socio-economic development Hellwig index was calculated for all urban-rural and...

A high decline in employment was one of the negative consequences of economic transformation in Hungary in the past few decades. The activity of rural population continues to decrease in the EU. Agriculture has a very special role in forming the employment. The aim of the research is to examine...

Selected problems of human capital in agriculture were presented. The quality of this capital and problems of its measurement have been also discussed. The role of human capital as a primary factor and a substance of intellectual capital was shown. Some typical features of human capital in...

Human capital is an important element in shaping the competitiveness of business firms. The purpose of this study is an attempt to present the scope of impact of the quality characteristics of human capital on the economic performance of farms. The analysis covered the age, sex and education of...