The Goldschmidt Hypothesis in Chile1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2281139 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank W Young (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 154-174 |
| Publication date | 1994-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-0112 • E-ISSN: 1549-0831 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1994.tb00527.x |
| OpenAlex | W2117283131 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The claim that large farms with hired labor undermine community institutions and reduce average welfare while family farms enhance these dimensions is tested in the context of Chile's expanding large-scale export agriculture. The expected negative effect of scale shows up statistically but then disappears when an appropriate regional control is introduced. However, further analysis reveals a negative rural production effect that withstands this control and sets the stage for a competitive test. The counter hypothesis explored rejects production organization of any size as causal, proposing instead that two dimensions of provincial structure-urban differentiation and pluralism-interact with efficient production organization, seen as an ad hoc factor, to determine welfare levels. A partial test of this structural mediation model explains much of the variance of infant mortality (the criterion of welfare). Scale has no effect
Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Geography · Market economy · Mediation · Microeconomics · Political science · Production (economics · Scale (ratio · Social science · Social Welfare · Sociology · Test (biology · Welfare · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |