Job Preferences of Dairy Farmers in Eastern Switzerland: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Authors

  • Markus Lips
  • Christian Gazzarin
  • Harry Telser

Abstract

Using a discrete choice experiment and a mixed-effects logit model, this article analyses the job preferences of 300 dairy farmers in the eastern part of Switzerland who intend to stay in milk production. The results show that a shift to suckler cow husbandry plus additional employment or to a job completely outside of agriculture would only be considered by dairy farmers in exchange for

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Published

2016-12-01

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Articles

License

German copyright law applies. The document may be used free of charge for personal use, but it may not be made available on the Internet or passed on to third parties.