FARMER EFFICIENCY AND TECHNOLOGY USE WITH AGE

Productivity of U.S. farmers by age is measured by non-parametric programming using 1992 Census data, decomposed into efficiency and technology Malmquist index components. Productivity increases slightly with age and then decreases. In most states productivity variations are from technology use rather than efficiency differences.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Tauer, Loren W. ; Lordkipanidze, Nazibrola
Published in:	Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. - Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association - NAREA. - Vol. 29.2000, 1
Publisher:	Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association - NAREA
Subject:	Farm Management \| Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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