Productivity change in Polish agriculture: an illustration of a bootstrapping procedure applied to Malmquist indices

Latruffe, L., Davidova, S. and Balcombe, K. (2008) Productivity change in Polish agriculture: an illustration of a bootstrapping procedure applied to Malmquist indices. Post-Communist Economies, 20 (4). pp. 449-460. ISSN 1463-1377 doi: 10.1080/14631370802444708

Abstract/Summary

This article illustrates the usefulness of applying bootstrap procedures to total factor productivity Malmquist indices, derived with data envelopment analysis (DEA), for a sample of 250 Polish farms during 1996-2000. The confidence intervals constructed as in Simar and Wilson suggest that the common portrayal of productivity decline in Polish agriculture may be misleading. However, a cluster analysis based on bootstrap confidence intervals reveals that important policy conclusions can be drawn regarding productivity enhancement.