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Regional Differentiation and Farm Exit: A Hierarchical Model for Tuscany
Author(s) -
Landi Chiara,
Stefani Gianluca,
Rocchi Benedetto,
Lombardi Ginevra Virginia,
Giampaolo Sabina
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/1477-9552.12130
Subject(s) - probit model , census , geography , probit , sample (material) , bayesian probability , agriculture , econometrics , statistics , population , agricultural economics , economics , demography , mathematics , sociology , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography
Abstract We analyse the exit behaviour of Tuscan farms during the period 2000–2007 both at the farm and the territorial level. The study combines data from the 2000 National Census of Agriculture and three waves of the ‘Farm Structure Surveys’. The exit probability of the resulting sample, composed of 3,187 farms, is estimated through a Bayesian hierarchical probit model. Our results show that exits reflect the size and type of holdings. Likelihood of exit is higher in areas of higher population density that are not classified as ‘urban’ areas.