EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF SUBSIDIES ON INVESTMENTS ON LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN POLISH FARMS WITH PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING METHOD Cover Image

SZACOWANIE WPŁYWU DOPŁAT DO INWESTYCJI NA WYDAJNOŚĆ PRACY W POLSKICH GOSPODARSTWACH ROLNYCH ZA POMOCĄ METODY PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF SUBSIDIES ON INVESTMENTS ON LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN POLISH FARMS WITH PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING METHOD

Author(s): Agata Sielska, Aleksandra Pawłowska
Subject(s): Economy, Agriculture, Evaluation research, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: farms; labour productivity; agricultural policy; propensity score matching;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of research is to examine agricultural policy operations linked to the investment undertaken by the farms. The aim is to estimate the average treatment effect of the subsidies on investments on the labour productivity, measured as Gross Value Added to Annual Work Unit (GVA/AWU). The study used data from the FADN database for individual Polish farms for 2006-2012. The applied research tools is quasiexperimental propensity score matching method enabling to calculate the Average Treatment Effect on Treated (ATT).

  • Issue Year: XVII/2016
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 142-151
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish