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| Wu, Ya; Escalante, Cesar L.; Perkins, Samuel L.; Neely, Carrie E.. |
| This study analyzes farm labor management strategies of organic farms by employing Heckan selection model. Econometric results present interesting relationships between foreign worker-related variables and the hiring of non-family seasonal part-time workers. First, the extent of hiring is inversely related to the population of illegal residents. Second, the outcome variable (extent of hiring) is directly related to the number of H2A permits (foreign guest farm worker visas for temporary, contractual work) issued. The results also indicate that higher wages, corporate farms, and more educated, younger and full-time farm operators are associated with greater tendencies to hire non-family seasonal part-time workers. Family labor is used to supplement the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Organic farm; Unskilled labor; Immigration; Heckman selection model; Foreign worker; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61155 |
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| Wu, Ya; Escalante, Cesar L.; Gunter, Lewell F.. |
| This study employed data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the comparative efficiency performance of selected commercial banks, rural financial institutions and microfinance institutions in China. The first pairwise comparison indicated that commercial banks achieved higher level of overall technical efficiency, pure technical efficiency and scale efficiency than rural financial institutions (including RCCs) through the study period (2004-2007). Overall technical inefficiency seems to be more attributed to scale inefficiency rather than pure technical inefficiency for both commercial banks and rural financial institutions. The second pairwise comparison indicated that RCCs and CFPA are the most efficient institutions with efficiency scores of 1... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Microfinance; China; Data envelopment analysis; Technical inefficiency; Scale efficiency; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61158 |
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