Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0

Author-Name: Marcos Gallacher  
Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad del CEMA

Title: The changing structure of production: Argentine agriculture 1988-2002

Abstract: The agricultural sector of many countries shows increasing farm size with corresponding decrease in farm numbers. Despite abundant research, the determinants of these changes have not been clearly identified. This paper attempts to explain small firm survival in Argentine agriculture in the 1988 - 2002 period. The evidence suggests that labor market considerations, as well changing optimal size in response to production specialization are important factors affecting small-firm disappearance. In contrast, factor proportions (the K/L ratio) does not appear to have an impact on changes in firm size.

Classification-JEL: D20, Q12

Keywords: economies of scale, Argentine agriculture, agricultural labor markets
Journal: Económica

Pages: 3-28
Volume: LVI
Year: 2010
Month: January-December
File-URL: https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/Economica/article/view/5366/4398
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:akh:journl:570