The vanishing farms ? the impact of international migration on Albanian family farming

Juna Miluka, Calogero Carletto, Benjamin Davis and Alberto Zezza

No 4367, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of international migration on technical efficiency, resource allocation and income from agricultural production of family farming in Albania. The results suggest that migration is used by rural households as a pathway out of agriculture: migration is negatively associated with the allocation of both labor and non-labor inputs in agriculture, while no significant differences can be detected in terms of farm technical efficiency or agricultural income. Whether the rapid demographic changes in rural areas triggered by massive migration, possiblycombined with propitious land and rural development policies, will ultimately produce the conditions for more viable, high-return agriculture attracting larger investments remains to be seen.

Keywords: Population Policies; Access to Finance; Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems; Rural Development Knowledge&Information Systems; Economic Theory&Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-09-01
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Journal Article: The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming (2010)
Working Paper: The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming (2007)
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