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Does organic farming lead to higher returns to education? Using the raising of the school leaving age as a quasi-experiment

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  • Henderson, Stuart
  • Védrine, Lionel

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This paper examines the farmer's return to education differentiating between organic and conventional farming. By using the 1972 Raising of the School Leaving Age in England and Wales as a quasi-experiment with a Regression Discontinuity Design, we identify a causal relationship for the farmer's return to education on farm economic performance. Using data from a sample of English farms between 2011 and 2018 from the Farm Business Survey, we show: (i) a positive return to education on farm performance (ii) a higher education return in organic farming in comparison with conventional farming.

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Handle: RePEc:ags:aes025:356798
DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.356798
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