Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine

The coincidence of productivity improvements and growth of agriholdings in Ukraine over the last decade is often interpreted as evidence of technology-induced increasing returns to scale and superiority of very large farms. Panel data for the country’s commercial farms in 2001–2012 do not allow us t...

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Main Authors:	Deininger, Klaus, Nizalov, Denys, Singh, Sudhir K.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	COMMERCIAL FARMS AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION FUNCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRIBUSINESS RETURNS TO SCALE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32778

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spelling	okr-10986-327782021-05-25T10:54:37Z Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K. COMMERCIAL FARMS AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION FUNCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRIBUSINESS RETURNS TO SCALE The coincidence of productivity improvements and growth of agriholdings in Ukraine over the last decade is often interpreted as evidence of technology-induced increasing returns to scale and superiority of very large farms. Panel data for the country’s commercial farms in 2001–2012 do not allow us to reject the hypothesis of constant returns to scale but point toward the importance of farms and rayon- (district) fixed effects. This suggests productivity growth was driven by exit of unproductive and entry of more efficient farms. Higher initial shares of area under farms above 3,000 or 5,000 ha at rayon level significantly reduce subsequent exit, pointing towards one channel through which land concentration may reduce productivity growth. 2019-12-04T21:56:50Z 2019-12-04T21:56:50Z 2018-06 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32778 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Ukraine
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topic	COMMERCIAL FARMS AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION FUNCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRIBUSINESS RETURNS TO SCALE
spellingShingle	COMMERCIAL FARMS AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION FUNCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRIBUSINESS RETURNS TO SCALE Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K. Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine
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description	The coincidence of productivity improvements and growth of agriholdings in Ukraine over the last decade is often interpreted as evidence of technology-induced increasing returns to scale and superiority of very large farms. Panel data for the country’s commercial farms in 2001–2012 do not allow us to reject the hypothesis of constant returns to scale but point toward the importance of farms and rayon- (district) fixed effects. This suggests productivity growth was driven by exit of unproductive and entry of more efficient farms. Higher initial shares of area under farms above 3,000 or 5,000 ha at rayon level significantly reduce subsequent exit, pointing towards one channel through which land concentration may reduce productivity growth.
format	Journal Article
author	Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K.
author_facet	Deininger, Klaus Nizalov, Denys Singh, Sudhir K.
author_sort	Deininger, Klaus
title	Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine
title_short	Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine
title_full	Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine
title_fullStr	Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine
title_full_unstemmed	Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine
title_sort	determinants of productivity and structural change in a large commercial farm environment : evidence from ukraine
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
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url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32778
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Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment : Evidence from Ukraine

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