@article{Tocco:158685,
      recid = {158685},
      author = {Tocco, Barbara and Bailey, Alastair and Davidova, Sophia},
      title = {Determinants to Leave Agriculture and Change Occupational  Sector: Evidence from an Enlarged EU},
      address = {2013},
      number = {355-2016-18197},
      pages = {26},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {The objective of the paper is to explore the determinants  to leave agriculture and change occupational sector. We  adopt a 3-step multivariate probit where we control for  selection bias at two stages in the decisions to work and,  at a later stage, exit agriculture. The analysis is based  on the European Labour Force Survey data expanded with  additional regional indicators. The main results suggest  that younger individuals are more likely to leave farming  activities, although the largest outflows of agricultural  labour are mainly associated with the retirement of people.  Self-employed and family workers are generally less likely  to leave agriculture and those with low levels of  educations are found to be significantly constrained in  entering the non-farm economy. Moreover, labour market  conditions at the regional level do matter for switching  occupational sector. Differences in the results among the  selected NMS and the EU-15 can be explained by the diverse  production structures, suggesting different capacities to  release and absorb labour.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/158685},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.158685},
}