20 pgs, Off-farm employment opportunities are thought to have an effect on farm exit rates, though evidence on the sign of this effect has been mixed. Examining this issue in the context of Japanese agriculture, we find that farm exits are related to off-farm income as a share of household income, and more specifically to the nature of off-farm work. Two econometric models are developed: a hierarchical Bayesian linear model and a hierarchical Bayesian Poisson model. Both models perform well in predicting exit rates across the towns and prefectures of Japan.
Sweet, Charles E. (author / President, APA) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1947-04-21
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36964
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 16, 11 pages., Includes emphasis on the value of agricultural information, including services that farm publications provide to the USDA.
6 pages., Authors examined the social welfare implications of introducing GM crops for GM and non-GM producers as well as for GM and non-GM consumers. Results indicated that "the adoption of GM technologies based on market incentives may actually reduce societal welfare. This adoption can be seen as immiserizing technological change."
