@techreport{Weiss2000Determinants,
abstract = {This paper examines the impact of various farm and household characteristics (such as farm
size, the off-farm employment status, the farm operator's age and schooling and the number of
family members) on the level as well as the dynamics of on-farm diversification. Using linked
census data for Upper-Austria from 1980, 1985 and 1990 we provide evidence that smaller
farms are more specialised and also tend to increase the degree of specialisation over time
more quickly than large farms. A significantly lower degree of diversification (higher degree
of specialisation) as well as a stronger reduction in diversification over time is also reported
for businesses operated by older, less educated, part-time farm operators. The analysis of
diversification dynamics also suggests that (a) farms adjust to changes in their environment by
steadily approaching their long-run equilibrium level of diversification (b-convergence), and
(b) the variance of the diversification distribution declines over time (s-convergence).},
author = {Christoph R. Weiss and Wolfgang Briglauer},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Landwirtschaft; Diversifikation; Betriebsgr\"{o}\ss{}e; \"{O}sterreich},
language = {eng},
number = {0002},
title = {Determinants and Dynamics of Farm Diversification},
type = {FE Workingpaper / Universit\"{a}t Kiel, Department of Food Economics and Consumption Studies},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/23578},
year = {2000}
}
