TY - JOUR
T1 - The dynamics of dairy land use change with respect to the milk quota regime
AU - Boere, Esther
AU - Peerlings, Jack
AU - Reinhard, Stijn
AU - Heijman, Wim
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - This article analyses the sequence of changes in land used for milk production on dairy farms before, during and towards the abolition of milk quotas. Using a unique dataset comprising farm level data of the Netherlands between 1971 and 2011 we estimate two duration models, analysing the time period between increases and decreases in dairy land use. The impact of milk quota, socio-economic, farm income and economic- political variables on the likelihood of a farm changing its land use are assessed. Results show that changes are highly farm specific, but that quota abolition will lead to a more dynamic dairy sector.
AB - This article analyses the sequence of changes in land used for milk production on dairy farms before, during and towards the abolition of milk quotas. Using a unique dataset comprising farm level data of the Netherlands between 1971 and 2011 we estimate two duration models, analysing the time period between increases and decreases in dairy land use. The impact of milk quota, socio-economic, farm income and economic- political variables on the likelihood of a farm changing its land use are assessed. Results show that changes are highly farm specific, but that quota abolition will lead to a more dynamic dairy sector.
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U2 - 10.1093/erae/jbv002
DO - 10.1093/erae/jbv002
M3 - Review article
SN - 0165-1587
VL - 42
SP - 651
EP - 674
JO - European Review of Agricultural Economics
JF - European Review of Agricultural Economics
IS - 4
ER -