MEASUREMENT OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN

被引：55

作者：

PARIKH, A ^{[1
]}

SHAH, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] INST DEV STUDIES,PESHAWAR,PAKISTAN

来源：

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | 1994年 / 45卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1111/j.1477-9552.1994.tb00384.x

中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

The objective of this study is to measure technical efficiency, using a translog frontier production function on cross-sectional data from 397 farms in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan in 1988-89. The estimated farm level technical efficiency is found to be dependent upon levels of credit and education, farmers' ages and the extent of land fragmentation. Lack of education, restricted credit and fragmented holdings are found to be causes of inefficiency; hence policies which consolidate holdings, provide credit or educate farmers will tend to improve efficiency in agriculture.

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页码：132 / 138

页数：7

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