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

Authors

  • Markus Lips
  • Christian Gazzarin
  • Harry Telser

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1234/gjae.v65i4.4785

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

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