From: Inefficiency of laying hens farms in Benin: an input directional distance function approach
Variables | Traditional system | Modern system | ||||
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Coef | Std | [BSCI, 95%] | Coef | Std | [BSCI, 95%] | |
Cost inefficiency | ||||||
 Year of experience | −0.006*** | 0.002 | [0.003; 0.010] | −0.003 | 0.004 | [−0.002; 0.010] |
 Education | −0.229*** | 0.050 | [−0.327; −0.131] | 0.099 | 0.088 | [−0.091; 0.209] |
 Household size | 0.036 | 0.009 | [0.017; 0.054] | 0.017 | 0.016 | [−0.024; 0.031] |
 Training | −0.088** | 0.052 | [−0.189; 0.013] | −0.201** | 0.095 | [−0.346; 0.105] |
 Contact with extension services | −0.136* | 0.057 | [−0.248; −0.024] | −0.097** | 0.128 | [−0.430; 0.220] |
 Access to credit | −0.031 | 0.051 | [−0.131; 0.070] | −0.300*** | 0.153 | [0.309; 1.071] |
 Number of farm workers | −0.007 | 0.005 | [−0.017; 0.003] | 0.011 | 0.009 | [−0.010; 0.021] |
 Main profession | −0.363 | 0.051 | [−0.463; −0.263] | −0.061*** | 0.110 | [−0.143; 0.239] |
 Distance of the farm from nearest major market | 0.003** | 0.003 | [−0.008; 0.002] | 0.003 | 0.009 | [−0.006; 0.023] |
 Contract with input suppliers | −0.220 | 0.065 | [0.093; 0.348] | −0.158** | 0.130 | [−0.193; 0.288] |
 Membership in farmer association/cooperatives | −0.159 | 0.064 | [−0.285; −0.032] | −0.060*** | 0.087 | [−0.289; 0.008] |
 Mortality rate (%) | 0.000 | 0.002 | [−0.004; 0.004] | 0.005** | 0.002 | [−0.009; 0.006] |
 _cons | 0.621*** | 0.148 | [0.331; 0.912] | 0.488 | 0.279 | [−0.667; 0.487] |
 /sigma | 0.167*** | 0.014 | [0.140; 0.194] | 0.216*** | 0.023 | [0.172; 0.260] |
 | Wald chi2(12) = 243.06*** | Wald chi2(12) = 72.14*** | ||||
Pure technical inefficiency | ||||||
 Year of experience | 0.001 | 0.001 | [0.000; 0.002] | −0.002*** | 0.001 | [0.001; 0.003] |
 Education | −0.017 | 0.015 | [−0.047; 0.013] | −0.034 *** | 0.017 | [0.010; 0.060] |
 Household size | −0.007*** | 0.003 | [0.002; 0.013] | −0.024 | 0.003 | [0.022; 0.030] |
 Training | −0.050*** | 0.015 | [−0.080; −0.020] | −0.036* | 0.017 | [−0.046; 0.006] |
 Contact with extension services | −0.050 | 0.017 | [−0.082; −0.017] | −0.033*** | 0.022 | [−0.047; 0.018] |
 Access to credit | −0.022 | 0.015 | [−0.051; 0.008] | −0.001 | 0.023 | [−0.037; 0.031] |
 Number of farm workers | −0.002 | 0.002 | [−0.005; 0.001] | −0.001 | 0.002 | [−0.006; 0.000] |
 Main profession | −0.029* | 0.015 | [−0.058; 0.000] | −0.034*** | 0.019 | [−0.093; −0.034] |
 Distance of the farm from nearest major market | 0.002*** | 0.001 | [0.001; 0.003] | 0.003** | 0.002 | [−0.005; 0.001] |
Contract with input suppliers | −0.080 | 0.018 | [−0.116; −0.044] | −0.062 | 0.022 | [−0.100; 0.036] |
 Membership in farmer association/cooperatives | −0.071 | 0.019 | [−0.108; −0.034] | −0.035* | 0.015 | [−0.029; 0.017] |
 Mortality rate (%) | 0.008** | 0.001 | [−0.001; 0.001] | 0.001*** | 0.000 | [0.000; 0.001] |
 _cons | 0.297*** | 0.044 | [0.210; 0.384] | 0.031 | 0.047 | [−0.080; 0.065] |
 /sigma | 0.049*** | 0.004 | [0.041; 0.057] | 0.033*** | 0.003 | [0.027; 0.040] |
 | Wald chi2(12) = 532.33*** | Wald chi2(12) = 1408.20*** | ||||
Allocative inefficiency | ||||||
 Year of experience | −0.006*** | 0.002 | [0.002; 0.009] | −0.004 | 0.004 | [−0.003; 0.010] |
 Education | −0.206*** | 0.053 | [−0.309; −0.103] | 0.056 | 0.100 | [−0.150; 0.177] |
 Household size | −0.022** | 0.010 | [0.002; 0.041] | −0.016 * | 0.019 | [−0.064; 0.002] |
 Training | −0.047 | 0.055 | [−0.154; 0.061] | −0.238 ** | 0.112 | [−0.399; 0.115] |
 Contact with extension services | −0.075 | 0.061 | [−0.195; 0.046] | −0.136** | 0.149 | [−0.507; 0.153] |
Access to credit | 0.032 | 0.055 | [−0.075; 0.140] | −0.322*** | 0.190 | [0.292; 1.508] |
 Number of farm workers | −0.004 | 0.006 | [−0.015; 0.007] | 0.009 | 0.010 | [−0.013; 0.021] |
 Main profession | −0.302*** | 0.054 | [−0.409; −0.196] | 0.196 | 0.132 | [−0.059; 0.377] |
 Distance of the farm from nearest major market | −0.004 | 0.003 | [−0.010; 0.001] | 0.007 | 0.010 | [−0.005; 0.030] |
 Contract with input suppliers | 0.330 | 0.071 | [0.190; 0.470] | −0.104* | 0.153 | [−0.159; 0.413] |
 Membership in farmer association/cooperatives | −0.096 | 0.068 | [−0.229; 0.037] | −0.013 | 0.099 | [−0.263; 0.073] |
 Mortality rate (%) | 0.001** | 0.002 | [−0.003; 0.005] | 0.006** | 0.003 | [−0.012; 0.004] |
 _cons | 0.327** | 0.154 | [0.025; 0.629] | 0.540 | 0.337 | [−1.012; 0.535] |
 /sigma | 0.172*** | 0.015 | [0.143; 0.201] | 0.228*** | 0.027 | [0.175; 0.281] |
 | Wald chi2(12) = 79.69*** | Wald chi2(12) = 23.46*** |