Human and Social Capital Characteristics Near the Frontier of Production Technology

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dc.creatorMartin, Michael J.
dc.creatorTaylor, Timothy G.
dc.date2017-04-01T19:43:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T10:38:39Z
dc.descriptionThis paper presents insights into how human and social capital factors improve production efficiency in impoverished rural areas. A stochastic frontier production function is estimated for over 400 Honduran maize producers. Deubreu-Farrell technical and allocative measures are calculated relative to the observed "best practice" production frontier. Group means compare efficiencies by various socioeconomic characteristics that are intuitively related to production, but have not yet been examined. Efficiency is positively related to proportion of output marketed, education, health and experience. Personal extension assistance also improves efficiency, and farmers with no extension assistan,ce are noticeably inefficient. Religion shows mixed effects on efficiency.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.239268
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/239268/files/ufl-iwp-97-17.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/239268
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/620658
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/239268
dc.titleHuman and Social Capital Characteristics Near the Frontier of Production Technology
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