@article{Ma:330401,
      recid = {330401},
      author = {Ma, Sangjin},
      title = {Structural Relationship between On-farm Performance and  New Farming Entry Barriers},
      journal = {Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje},
      address = {2010-10-01},
      number = {1071-2023-241},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {The purpose of this study was to determine the  cross-validation of a structural model among four new  farming entry barriers and on-farm performances, and  identify farm successors' entry barrier premium against  startup farmers. For the purposes, survey data was gathered  from 126 startup farmer and 185 farm successors, and the  data was analysed by a structural equation model. The study  classified new farmers into two groups(startup  farmers/inherited farmer), and examined invariance of the  model across the groups. In addition, the intercepts of  endogenous latent variables including social network,  professional competency, economic capital and market were  compared. Based on the results from a multi-group analysis,  first the model verified configural invariance and  invariance of measurement weight, measurement intercept,  and structural weight. Consequently, the cross-validation  was supported. Second, social network affected the other  entry barriers, and also had a relatively high indirect  effect on on-farm performance. It implied that social  capital formation was particularly important for setting up  new farmers. Third, with social network held constant  across groups, the entry barrier score of farm successor  group increased professional competency score by 0.358 and  economic capital score by 0.426, but decreased market score  by 0.489. This result might be assumed for family farm  propensity and farming background.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/330401},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.330401},
}