Economic Return to Agricultural Workforce Development Programs: Empirical Results from the New Farmer Development Program

Kangho Kim

Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje, 2011, vol. 34, issue 4

Abstract: This paper analyzed the economic outcomes resulted from new farmer development program. In order to estimate national economic contribution of the program, polynomial distributed lag model was employed using total factor productivity(TFP) and program budget since starting-point of the program. The results of this study showed that new farmer development program had significantly increased agricultural TFP growth. The elasticity of agricultural TFP with respect to the program is 0.11, which was interpreted as an increase of 0.11% in TFP growth by an 1% increased in the program expenditure. The lagged impacts of the program on TFP began at the sixth year and increased to reach a maximum in the seventh and eighth years. Meanwhile, a marginal internal rate of return was 24.72% per year, which means the program was shown to be a economic profitable investment in Korean agriculture.

Keywords: Agricultural Finance; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.330539

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