Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms
This paper explores the returns to managerial ability and his role in determining efficiency in Argentina dairy farms. Using an unbalanced panel data from 2003 through 2009 we estimate production frontiers and technical efficiency effects. Most studies analyzing the impact of human capital in agricu...
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| author | Gallacher, Marcos Lema, Rolando Daniel |
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| description | This paper explores the returns to managerial ability and his role in determining efficiency in Argentina dairy farms. Using an unbalanced panel data from 2003 through 2009 we estimate production frontiers and technical efficiency effects. Most studies analyzing the impact of human capital in agriculture use the measure of years of schooling of the producer as a proxy for decision-making skills. An alternative measure is used in this paper. The measure was derived by “grading” decision-making and execution skills of the farmers. Grades were assigned by farm advisors knowledgeable of each farm and producer characteristics. Assigned grades were then used in the production frontiers as inputs to estimate the impact of management skills on firm-level results. A very significant impact of these skills on firm results and on technical efficiency and was found. |
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| spelling | INTA90582021-04-09T16:10:58Z Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms Gallacher, Marcos Lema, Rolando Daniel Comportamiento Económico Explotaciones Agrarias Estructura Agrícola Granjas Lecheras Economía Eficiencia Eficacia Agricultura Estadísticas Modelos Estocásticos Fronteras Estocásticas Economic Behaviour Farms Agricultural Structure Dairy Farms Economics Efficiency Agriculture Statistics Stochastic Models This paper explores the returns to managerial ability and his role in determining efficiency in Argentina dairy farms. Using an unbalanced panel data from 2003 through 2009 we estimate production frontiers and technical efficiency effects. Most studies analyzing the impact of human capital in agriculture use the measure of years of schooling of the producer as a proxy for decision-making skills. An alternative measure is used in this paper. The measure was derived by “grading” decision-making and execution skills of the farmers. Grades were assigned by farm advisors knowledgeable of each farm and producer characteristics. Assigned grades were then used in the production frontiers as inputs to estimate the impact of management skills on firm-level results. A very significant impact of these skills on firm results and on technical efficiency and was found. Este artículo explora los retornos a la capacidad gerencial y su papel en la determinación de la eficiencia en empresas productoras de leche de Argentina. Utilizando un panel de datos no balanceados de 2003 a 2009, estimamos fronteras estocásticas de producción y los efectos de eficiencia técnica. La mayoría de los estudios que analizan el impacto del capital humano en la agricultura utilizan la medida de los años de escolaridad del productor como un sustituto de las habilidades para la toma de decisiones, sin embargo, en este documento utilizamos una medida alternativa. La medida se derivó de una calificación subjetiva de las habilidades de toma de decisiones y ejecución de los productores. Las calificaciones fueron asignadas por asesores agrícolas conocedores de las características de cada firma y productor. Luego, las calificaciones asignadas se utilizaron en las fronteras de producción como insumos para estimar el impacto de las habilidades de gestión en los resultados a nivel de empresa. Se encontró un impacto muy significativo de estas habilidades en los resultados de la empresa y en la eficiencia técnica. Instituto de Economía Fil: Gallacher, Marcos. UCEMA; Argentina Fil: Lema, Rolando Daniel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Economía; Argentina 2021-04-09T15:56:13Z 2021-04-09T15:56:13Z 2018-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/documento de conferencia info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9058 Gallacher, M. & Lema, D. (2018). Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms. IN Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists. spa info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf International Association of Agricultural Economists 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, Canadá |
| spellingShingle | Comportamiento Económico Explotaciones Agrarias Estructura Agrícola Granjas Lecheras Economía Eficiencia Eficacia Agricultura Estadísticas Modelos Estocásticos Fronteras Estocásticas Economic Behaviour Farms Agricultural Structure Dairy Farms Economics Efficiency Agriculture Statistics Stochastic Models Gallacher, Marcos Lema, Rolando Daniel Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms |
| title | Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms |
| title_full | Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms |
| title_fullStr | Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms |
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| title_short | Returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in Argentina dairy farms |
| title_sort | returns to managerial ability and technical efficiency in argentina dairy farms |
| topic | Comportamiento Económico Explotaciones Agrarias Estructura Agrícola Granjas Lecheras Economía Eficiencia Eficacia Agricultura Estadísticas Modelos Estocásticos Fronteras Estocásticas Economic Behaviour Farms Agricultural Structure Dairy Farms Economics Efficiency Agriculture Statistics Stochastic Models |
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