Farmer Productivity at Various Ages

Loren W. Tauer

No 121332, Staff Papers from Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management

Abstract: The productivity of farmers at six different age cohorts was computed by estimating production functions using 1987 census data. The results suggest that farmers of different ages operate with slightly different technologies and use various inputs at different efficiencies. Compared with previous 1978 estimates, the productivity of middleaged farmers appears to be even greater than the productivity of younger and older farmers. The average age of U.S. farmers exceeds the age of highest productivity from these estimates.

Keywords: Farm Management; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1993-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.121332

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