What Influences farm size growth? An Illustration in Southwestern France

Mikael Akimowicz (mikael.akimowicz@iut-tlse3.fr), Marie-Benoît Magrini (marie-benoit.magrini@inrae.fr), Aude Ridier, Jacques-Eric Bergez (jacques-eric.bergez@inrae.fr) and Denis Requier-Desjardins (denis.requier-desjardins@univ-tlse1.fr)
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Mikael Akimowicz: LEREPS - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville, IEP de Toulouse - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Toulouse
Marie-Benoît Magrini: ARCHE - Agrosystèmes Cultivés et Herbagers - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - ENSAT - École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse
Jacques-Eric Bergez: ARCHE - Agrosystèmes Cultivés et Herbagers - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - ENSAT - École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse - Toulouse INP - Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) - UT - Université de Toulouse
Denis Requier-Desjardins: LEREPS - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - UT2J - Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès - UT - Université de Toulouse - Institut d'Études Politiques [IEP] - Toulouse - ENSFEA - École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole de Toulouse-Auzeville, IEP de Toulouse - Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Toulouse

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Abstract: Farm size in industrialized countries grew significantly over the second half of the twentieth century. Using several econometric models, this article examines factors that influence farm size, the probability of an increase in farm size, and the intensity of farm growth. We find that farm structural characteristics, farmer's age, the existence of a successor, and spatial factors approximating urban influences have a significant impact on farm size, whereas human capital variables do not. This study considers a representative sample of 5,000 professional farms in the Midi-Pyrénées region between 2000 and 2007.

Keywords: farm land; farm sector concentration; farm size; multinomial model; structural change; tobit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Published in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2013, 35 (2), pp.242-269. ⟨10.1093/aepp/ppt008⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/aepp/ppt008

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