Evaluating the effects of farm programs: Results from propensity score matching

Andrea Pufahl () and Christoph Weiss
Additional contact information
Andrea Pufahl: Federal Agricultural Research Center, Institute of Rural Studies, Braunschweig, Germany

Department of Economics Working Papers from Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics

Abstract: The paper applies a non-parametric propensity score matching approach to evaluate the effects of two types of farm programs (agri-environment (AE) programs and the less favoured area (LFA) scheme) on input use and farm output of individual farms in Germany. The analysis reveals a positive and significant treatment effect of the LFA scheme for farm sales and the area under cultivation. Participants in AE schemes are found to significantly increase the area under cultivation (in particular grassland), resulting in a decrease of livestock densities. Furthermore, participation in AE programs significantly reduced the purchase of farm chemicals (fertilizer, pesticide). We also find substantial differences in the treatment effect between individual farms (heterogeneous treatment effects). Farms which can generate the largest benefit from the program are most likely to participate.

JEL-codes: C21 Q12 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr
Note: PDF Document
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/inst/vw1/papers/wu-wp113.pdf (application/pdf)
Our link check indicates that this URL is bad, the error code is: 404 Not Found (http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/inst/vw1/papers/wu-wp113.pdf [301 Moved Permanently]--> https://www.wu.ac.at/inst/vw1/papers/wu-wp113.pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Evaluating the effects of farm programmes: results from propensity score matching (2009)
Working Paper: Evaluating the Effects of Farm Programs: Results from Propensity Score Matching (2008)
Working Paper: Evaluating the Effects of Farm Programs: Results from Propensity Score Matching (2008)
Working Paper: Evaluating the effects of farm programs. Results from propensity score matching (2007)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wiw:wiwwuw:wuwp113

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Department of Economics Working Papers from Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Department of Economics ().