An investigation into factors affecting the occupational choices of nominated farm heirs in Ireland

The resilience of family farming is an important feature of the structure of the farming industry in many countries, due largely to the 'smooth' succession of farms from one generation to the next. The stability of this structure is now threatened by the widening gap between the income expected from farming when compared with non-farming occupations in an economy like Ireland, operating at almost full employment. Nominated farm heirs are increasingly unlikely to choose full-time farming as their preferred occupation. To identify the factors that affect this occupational choice, a multinomial logit model is developed and applied to Irish data to examine the farm, economic and personal characteristics that influence a nominated heir's decision to enter farming as opposed to some non-farming occupation. The results show a significant negative relationship between higher education and the choice of full-time farming as an occupation. The interdependence between education and occupational choices is further explored using a bivariate probit model. The main findings are: the occupational choice and the decision to continue with higher education are made jointly; the nominated heirs on more profitable farms are less likely to pursue tertiary education and therefore more likely to enter full-time farming. The model developed is sufficiently general for studying the phenomenon of succession on farms.

O gênero conto em Lives of Girls and Women: o labirinto de vozes em Heirs of the Living Body

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

The rival heirs : being the third and last chronicle of Aescendune.

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Memoriana, or a series of communications published in the Kingston Herald between the years 1839 and 1844 on the subject of the statute law of the province, or the law of the land, establishing the true boundaries and lines of survey on a permanent basis, and thereby securing the rights of land in the original patents to the loyalists and their heirs.

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Heirs of the Kingdom /

"Our prize book."

Heirs of the Kingdom /

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The poor man's evening portion : being a selection of a verse of Scripture, with short observations, for every day in the year; intended for the use of the poor in spirit who are rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom.

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