Higher Education Costs and the Production of Extension

David Laband () and Bernard F. Lentz

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2005, vol. 37, issue 01, 8

Abstract: Do cost considerations justify the current structure of production of extension services in which one or more providers exists in virtually all of the contiguous U.S. states? Provision of extension services has sizable cost implications for the host institutions. Yet, to our knowledge, there has been virtually no analysis of the impact of extension on higher education costs. Using academic year 1995-1996 data, we estimate a multiproduct cost function for 1,445 public institutions of higher education in the United States, including 65 that provide extension services. We find evidence of significant economies of scale with respect to the provision of extension services but no evidence of significant economies of scope between the provision of extension and the production of research, undergraduate education, or graduate education.

Keywords: Public Economics; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.43734

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