The Vanishing Farms? The Impact of International Migration on Albanian Family Farming
研究了国际移民对阿尔巴尼亚家庭农业的技术效率、资源配置和农业收入的影响，发现移民导致农业投入减少，但未显著影响效率或收入。
Abstract This paper investigates the impact of international migration on technical efficiency, resource allocation and income from agricultural production of family farming in Albania. The results suggest that migration is used by rural households as a pathway out of agriculture: migration is negatively associated with both labour and non-labour input allocation in agriculture, while no significant differences can be detected in terms of farm technical efficiency or agricultural income. Whether the rapid demographic changes in rural areas triggered by massive migration, possibly combined with propitious land and rural development policies, will ultimately produce the conditions for a more viable, high-return agriculture attracting larger investments remains to be seen.