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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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| Oskam, Arie J.; Goncharova, Natalia V.; Verstegen, Jos A.A.M.. |
| Investment models typically explain only a small share of the total investment variation within or between firms. A reason for this may be that those models do not explicitly differentiate between the decision to invest and the decision about the level of investment. In this paper, a two-steps theoretical framework and estimation procedure are developed to take into account the different nature of both decisions. ‘Nearly zero’ investments are considered to be small replacement or maintenance investments and treated as ‘zero’ investments. The applied two-step Heckman model shows that the decision to invest is significantly related to available capital (-), wealth (+), debts (-), output prices (+), land price growth (+), capital price growth (-), energy... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Investments; Glasshouse horticulture; Heckman selection model; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; D92; Q12. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51574 |
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