Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms

Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms

This paper examines the productivity of hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency of fish farms in Ghana. A modified Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function which accounts for zero usage of family and hired labour is employed on cross-sectional data of 150 farme...

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Main Authors: Edward Ebo ONUMAH, Bernhard BRÜMMER, Gabriele HÖRSTGEN-SCHWARK
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2010-02-01
Series:Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON)
Subjects:
ghana
fish farms
technical inefficiency
hired and family labour
stochastic frontier
Online Access:https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/age-201002-0004_productivity-of-the-hired-and-family-labour-and-determinants-of-technical-inefficiency-in-ghana-s-fish-farms.php

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