Human Capital, Gender and Organisation in Transition Agriculture: Measuring and Explaining the Technical Efficiency of Bulgarian and Hungarian Farms

Mathijs, Erik; Vranken, Liesbet

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“…By selecting inputs and outputs, there were, besides the data availability, also considered the approaches of other authors who examined technical efficiency in the group of agricultural companies (Mathijs and Vranken 2001;Swinnen and Vranken 2005).…”

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The returns to scale analysis in the basic industry enterprises in the Slovak Republic

Bielik¹,

Hupková²,

Vadovič³

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AGR ECON-CZECH

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359generally, it is possible to state that the objective of the rational owner, respectively management is the profit maximization with minimal inputs applying, that means costs. This objective can be defined as an optimizing task the solution of which could be achieved by applying the linear programming methods, that means the non-parametric approach or by econometric methodology -parametric approach. common sign for both mentioned approaches is production frontier quantification. While parametric approach assume that we know explicit estimation of production function but we do not know its parameters, results of non-parametric approach are estimated measures of technical efficiency which reflect on the company's position either on the production frontier in case of an effective company, or under the frontier in case of an inefficient company.We focused our research on the non-parametric approach application to estimate the companies' efficiency which is known as the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The DEA reaches good results on small extents of the analysed companies and in caseThe returns to scale analysis in the basic industry enterprises in the Slovak Republic Analýza výnosov z rozsahu v podnikoch poľnohospodárskej prvovýroby v Slovenskej republikePeter BIELIK, Daniela HUPKOVÁ, Matúš VADOVIČ, Natália TURČEKOVÁ Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, SlovakiaAbstract: The analysis in field of the returns of scale is an important indicator which denotes if it is effective for the analyzed companies to increase the input exploitation to expand the production program with the aim to reach higher profits than invested inputs. According to this reason, the objective of the research is the analysis of return to scale in the basic industry enterprises in the Slovak republic. During the whole analysed period, there was estimated the most numerous group of companies which occurred in the area of decreasing returns to scale. This fact confirmed that the total input exploitation in agricultural companies is in a higher measure not profitable, because in comparison with production inputs, lower profits were reached. on the basis of these results, it is not possible to exactly estimate which inputs are indispensable to optimize (for a more specific estimation, it is necessary to apply the non-radial DEA methods), despite the fact that there was evidently confirmed the low measure of input profitability.Key words: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), returns to scale, agricultural enterprises, basic industry Abstrakt: Analýza oblasti výnosov z rozsahu je dôležitým ukazovateľom, ktorý vypovedá o tom, či je pre súbor analyzovaných podnikov výhodné rozširovať využívanie vstupov na rozšírenie výrobného programu s cieľom dosiahnuť vyššie výnosy ako vložené vstupy. z uvedeného dôvodu bola cieľom príspevku analýza výnosov z rozsahu v podnikoch poľnohospodárskej prvovýroby v Sr. Počas celého skúmaného obdobia bola odhadnutá najpočetnejšia skupina podnikov, ktor...

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“…With the aim to prove that private farms are more efficient than cooperatives, Mathijs and Vranken (2001) estimated the technical efficiency measure of the analysed companies in Bulgaria and hungary based on the DEA. They stated that there is a gradual increase of the technical efficiency of cooperatives which are adapting to the market economy conditions.…”

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The returns to scale analysis in the basic industry enterprises in the Slovak Republic

Bielik¹,

Hupková²,

Vadovič³

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AGR ECON-CZECH

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“…Findings in transition economies in new comer member states of the European Union located in East of Europe, such as Bulgaria, Poland, Slovenia, have stressed as family farms have had the highest levels of efficiency, which is directly correlated and influenced by other variables such as the gender of farmers, the human capital and by the agricultural specialization of farms (Mathijs and Vranken, 2001). …”

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Medium Term Analysis of Technical and Allocative Efficiency in Romanian Farms Using FADN Dataset

Galluzzo¹

2017

BUASVMCN-HORT

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The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) is an annual survey established by the European Union in order to estimate the economic impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on farmers. Lots of scholars have investigated the technical, economical and allocative efficiency using a non-parametric approach such as the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Romanian farms belonging to the Farm Accountancy Data Network dataset have highlighted modest levels of technical efficiency compared to the average European value investigated by other authors. The purpose of this study was to assess using the DEA approach technical, economic and allocative efficiency in Romanian farms belonging to the FADN dataset from 2007 to 2012. Findings have pointed out an increase of technical efficiency compared to previous studies carried out in transition economies such as Poland, Slovenia and Bulgaria, as a consequence of an intense generational turn over in Romanian characterized by a younger high skill and qualified farmers' generation. Poor land capital, in terms of utilized agricultural areas, and a low level of investments in new technologies, were the main downsides in Romanian farms; hence, the National Rural Development Plan should improve financial subsides in order to get better modest agrarian plots in farms scattered in the Romanian rural space.

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“…Such a relationship between earnings and human capital has been demonstrated empirically for wage earners (see Ashenfelter et al 1999 for a meta-analysis) as well as for entrepreneurs, the focus of our study. (Johnson and Loveman, 1995;Mathijs and Vranken, 2001). In addition, studies show that human capital can act as a determinant for self employment (Bates, 1995).…”

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Illegal Entrepreneurship Experience

Aidis

Praag

2004

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may Executive SummaryThere is growing evidence in existing theoretical and empiric al literature that shows the positive influence of conventional human capital variables such as formal education and previous work experience on business performance. But there has been little empirical work done on the influence of unconventional forms of human capital such as illegal entrepreneurship experience.In this article, we explore the effects of illegal entrepreneurship experience (IEE) on the performance and motivation of private 'legal' businesses. In general, we would expect IEE to provide pos itive influences on both business performance and motivation.Several empirical studies have been conducted on the relationship between IEE and the probability of self-employment in a developed market context or a transition context. However the relationship between IEE and business performance has not yet been investigated. This study aims to fill this knowledge gap by analyzing the influence of IEE on business performance and motivation.The transition from a centrally planned economic system to a free ma rket system such as in the case of Lithuania provides an interesting case study for exploring IEE. Throughout most of the period of central planning, private entrepreneurship activities were highly restricted 1 but in post-Soviet Lithuania, private enterprise has been legalized.Though IEE obtained within centrally planned economies is a historical phenomenon, it may provide insights to policy measures that exploit the significance of illegal business experience for legal business performance today. For exa mple, if the relationship between business performance and IEE is found to be a positive one, governments and capital suppliers could screen for these characteristics in order to select and support a more effective pool of entrepreneurs.Our analysis is based on survey data collected by one of the authors in Lithuania. The sample size is made up of 399 business owner respondents, our empirical equivalent of entrepreneurship.1 "It is difficult to imagine a regime more hostile towards entrepreneurship than the centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe" (Earle and Sakova, 2001: 6). 3Twenty two percent of the respondents have illegally gathered experience as an entrepreneur, i.e. before this labor market choice became a legal possibility. These business owners are remarkably similar in terms of most of their personal characteristics ...

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Human Capital, Gender and Organisation in Transition Agriculture: Measuring and Explaining the Technical Efficiency of Bulgarian and Hungarian Farms

Cited by 71 publications

References 23 publications

The returns to scale analysis in the basic industry enterprises in the Slovak Republic

The returns to scale analysis in the basic industry enterprises in the Slovak Republic

Medium Term Analysis of Technical and Allocative Efficiency in Romanian Farms Using FADN Dataset

Illegal Entrepreneurship Experience

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