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Black-White Human Capital Differences: Impact on Agricultural Productivity in the U.S. South

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In a dynamic environment, schooling of farmers and agricultural extension have the potential for enhancing the efficiency of agricultural production. In the U.S. South, a relatively large number of blacks have operated farms since emancipation. In the segregated school systems, these black farmers obtained lower quality and fewer years of schooling than white farmers. The public sector extension service had the potential for mitigating the effects of lower quality black education on farm production efficiency. In eleven of the sixteen southern states, however, the Extension Service was completely segregated, and the services provided to black farmers were fewer and seem to have been of lower quality than those provided white farmers.

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  • Huffman, Wallace E., 1981. "Black-White Human Capital Differences: Impact on Agricultural Productivity in the U.S. South," ISU General Staff Papers 198103010800001361, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genstf:198103010800001361
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    1. Gunter, Lewell F., 1986. "Wage Determination For Regular Hired Farm Workers: An Empirical Analysis For Georgia," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 18(2), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Jin, Yu & Huffman, Wallace E., 2013. "Reduced U.S. Funding of Public Agricultural Research and Extension Risks Lowering Future Agricultural Productivity Growth Prospects," Staff General Research Papers Archive 36796, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    3. Yu Jin & Wallace E. Huffman, 2016. "Measuring public agricultural research and extension and estimating their impacts on agricultural productivity: new insights from U.S. evidence," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 47(1), pages 15-31, January.
    4. E. Demissie, 1992. "A history of black farm operators in Maryland," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 9(1), pages 22-30, December.
    5. Ghebremedhin, Tesfa G., 1988. "Assessing The Impacts Of Technology On Southern Agriculture And Rural Communities," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 20(1), pages 1-8, July.
    6. Ariel Dinar & Giannis Karagiannis & Vangelis Tzouvelekas, 2002. "Evaluating the Impact of Public and Private Agricultural Extension on Farms Performance: A Non-Neutral Stochastic Frontier Approach," Working Papers 0205, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
    7. Tegene, Abebayehu & Effland, Anne & Ballenger, Nicole & Norton, George W. & Essel, Albert E. & Larson, Gerald & Clarke, Winfrey, 2002. "Investing in People: Assessing the Economic Benefits of 1890 Institutions," Miscellaneous Publications 33548, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    8. Adell Brown & Ralph Christy & Tesfa Gebremedhin, 1994. "Structural changes in U.S. agriculture: Implications for African American farmers," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 22(4), pages 51-71, June.
    9. Hildreth, R.J. & Armbruster, Walter J., 1981. "Extension Program Delivery-Past, Present And Future : An Overview," 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina 279260, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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