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Sozialökonomische Effekte des demographischen Wandels in ländlichen Räumen Sachsen-Anhalts Open

Wolfgang Weiß, Axel Wolz, Thomas Herzfeld, Jana Fritzsch · 2013

Diese Untersuchung befasst sich mit der Rolle der Landwirtschaft im Bereich der ländlichen Daseinsversorgung. Zum einen wird untersucht, ob und wenn ja, inwieweit der landwirtschaftliche Sektor von dem demographischen Wandel tangiert wird.…

A Composite Fuzzy Indicator for Assessing Farm Household Potential for Non-farm Income Diversification Open

Jana Fritzsch · 2011

European politicians encourage the income diversification of rural households through various measures. Although being aware of farm households’ potential for non-farm income diversification seems important for finely-targeting such policy…

Employment diversification of farm households and structural change in the rural economy of the New Member States Open

Jana Fritzsch, Judith Möllers, Gertrud Buchenrieder · 2011

Changes in the rural labour market, especially the increase of rural non-farm employment are recognised as one dimension of structural change. Labour allocation decisions are driven by economic incentives such as wage differentials, but al…

Does Cooperation Pay? The Role of Social Capital among Household Plot Farmers in Ukraine Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Andriy Nedoborovskyy · 2010

Social capital matters, not the least in determining individual welfare. It is argued that it functions similar to traditional production factors. However, there are not many empirical analyses about this issue at the farm-household level …

Non-farm income diversification of rural farm households in Central and Southeastern Europe: an application of fuzzy set theory Open

Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Judith Möllers · 2010

A fuzzy logic model for quantifying farm households’ potential for non-farm income diversification is developed and applied to 1,077 farm households in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia. About three quarters of households ha…

Semi-Subsistence Farming, Farm Income and Social Capital in Bulgaria – Is there a Link? Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Nikolai Shterev, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Sergio Gómez y Paloma · 2010

Social capital matters in determining a person’s or a family’s material well-being. It is argued that social capital functions similar to the traditional production factors. However, there are not many empirical analyses looking into this …

THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURE FOR OVERCOMING RURAL POVERTY IN ROMANIA Open

Cosmin Sălășan, Jana Fritzsch · 2009

Topical literature sees agriculture's ability to provide food and cash income as a major role in poverty reduction. However, it can only be a driving force for economic development for very poor countries. Economic indicators confirm that …

Structural change in Europe’s rural regions – Farm livelihoods between subsistence orientation, modernisation and non-farm diversification Open

Cosmin Sălășan, Jarmila Curtiss, Gomez Gomez y Paloma, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Jana Fritzsch , et al. · 2009

The contributions in this edited volume constitute the mini-symposium on "Structural change in Europe’s rural regions – Farm livelihoods between subsistence orientation, modernization and non-farm diversification" at the international conf…

Semi-subsistence Farm Households in Central and South-eastern Europe: Current State and Future Perspectives Open

Jana Fritzsch, Stefan Wegener, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Jarmila Curtiss, Sergio Gómez y Paloma · 2009

The European Union (EU) introduced a special transitional semi-subsistence measure to promote the smallest agricultural producers, so-called semi-subsistence farm households (SFHs) in the enlargement process. An outlook on the future of SF…

Semi-subsistence farm households and the non-farm rural economy - Perspectives and challenges Open

Gertrud Buchenrieder, Jana Fritzsch, Stefan Wegener, Jarmila Curtiss, Sergio Gómez y Paloma · 2009

Semi-subsistence farm households (SFHs) have persevered in Central and Southeastern Europe. An outlook on future perspectives of SFHs asks for reliable information on the phenomenon of SFHs and the impact of policy measures on their develo…

Farm Income Among Household Plot Farmers in Ukraine – The impact of Social Capital Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Andriy Nedoborovskyy, Vitaly Zinovchuk · 2009

Following the two rounds of land reform in Ukraine since independence, household plot\nfarmers emerged as the major suppliers of agricultural goods. But they form a very\nheterogeneous group. Not all of them are equally successful and inte…

Farm and Non-farm Incomes of Rural Households in Slovenia Canonical Correlation Analysis Open

Judith Möllers, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder · 2008

Farm and Non-farm Incomes of Rural Households in Slovenia Canonical Correlation Analysis This paper provides an analysis of socio-economic characteristics and their influence on farm and non-farm incomes of rural households in Slovenia. Wi…

APPLYING FUZZY THEORY CONCEPTS TO THE ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT DIVERSIFICATION OF FARM HOUSEHOLDS: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS Open

Jana Fritzsch · 2008

The Deliverable 7.2 (D7.2) of the SCARLED project provides methodological considerations for applying fuzzy set theory to the analysis of employment diversification of farm households. It presents a Mamdani's type fuzzy inference model and…

FARM INCOME AMONG HOUSUEHOLD PLOT FARMERS IN UKRAINE – THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Andriy Nedoborovskyy, Vitaly Zinovchuk · 2008

Following the two rounds of land reform in Ukraine since independence, household plot farmers emerged as the major suppliers of agricultural goods. But they form a very heterogeneous group. Not all of them are equally successful and integr…

Market Integration of Household Plots in Ukraine - The Impact of Social Capital Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Andriy Nedoborovskyy · 2008

Following the two rounds of land reform in Ukraine since independence, household plot farmers emerged as the major suppliers to agricultural production. But they form a very heterogeneous group. Not all of them are equally successful, econ…

Do Social Networks Substitute Formal Institutions? Evidence From Rural Armenia Open

Milada Kasarjyan, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Rüdiger Korff · 2007

The first step of reforms directed towards the formation of a market structure in Armenia was the privatisation of land, which started in February 1991 with the adoption of the Land Code and the Law on Peasant and Peasant Collective Househ…

Structural Social Capital and Economic Performance: Findings of Empirical Farm Data in the Czech Republic Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Jitka Pencáková · 2007

With the change of the political regime in Central and Eastern Europe, both managers of corporate farms and newly established private farmers had to adjust to the rules of the market economy. Among both groups, some are economically more s…

Are Cooperatives Hybrid Organizations? An Alternative Viewpoint Open

Vladislav Valentinov, Jana Fritzsch · 2007

This paper questions the designation of cooperatives as hybrids of market and hierarchy on the grounds that cooperatives possess more differences from these governance mechanisms than commonalities with them. It is argued that the definiti…

REPAYMENT PERFORMANCE UNDER JOINT LIABILITY BORROWING. DOES SOCIAL CAPITAL MATTER?: EVIDENCE FROM ARMENIA Open

Milada Kasarjyan, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder, Rüdiger Korff · 2007

The aim of this paper is to test empirically the role of both cognitive and structural social capital in explaining the repayment performance of individual members under joint liability borrowing in rural Armenia. Based on unique primary d…

Some Conceptional Thoughts on the Impact of Social Networks on Non-farm Rural Employment Open

Diana Traikova, Judith Möllers, Jana Fritzsch, Gertrud Buchenrieder · 2007

Everybody knows: rural regions offer fewer possibilities for non-farm employment than urban areas. For this reason, it was the semi-subsistence farm structures that had to absorb the released workers from the big rural state enterprises an…

The impact of structural social capital on farm income in the Czech Republic Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Jitka Pencáková · 2006

The change of the economic system from the socialist central planning system to the market economy required the reorganisation not only of agricultural production, but also of the organisations supporting it. In the Czech Republic, agricul…

The Impact of Social Capital on Economic Performance of Agricultural Producers in the Czech Republic Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Jitka Pencáková · 2006

In the Czech Republic, agricultural production is still dominated by corporate farms. Private farms have been established since the change of the political regime, but their role is not that relevant as originally anticipated. Among both g…

STRUCTURAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: FINDINGS OF EMPIRICAL FARM DATA IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Jitka Pencáková · 2006

With the change of the political regime in Central and Eastern Europe, both managers of corporate farms and newly established private farmers had to adjust to the rules of the market economy. Among both groups, some are economically more s…

SOCIAL CAPITAL AMONG AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Jitka Pencáková · 2006

The change of the political regime from the socialist central planning system to a market economy and pluralistic society required the reorganisation not only of agricultural production, but also of the organisations in their support. In t…

The Impact of Social Capital on Agricultural Income Among Corporate Farms in the Czech Republic Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Klaus Reinsberg · 2005

In the Czech Republic, agricultural production is still dominated by corporate farms. However, not all of them had been equally successful, economically. In general, a varying adoption of production factors is identified as being of influe…

The Impact of Social Capital on Farm and Household Income: Results of a Survey among Individual Farmers in Poland Open

Axel Wolz, Jana Fritzsch, Klaus Reinsberg · 2005

Private farming is the dominant mode of agricultural production in most European countries. Not all farmers are equally successful, economically. In this paper it is analysed whether social capital is an important factor contributing to hi…

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