Table 4 Estimated elasticities of a translog production function
Direct inputs | Output elasticities | |
|---|---|---|
Mean | St. Dev | |
Land | 0.36 | 0.34 |
Seed | − 0.06 | 0.24 |
Fertilizer | 0.16 | 0.18 |
Oxen | 0.08 | 0.22 |
Labor | 0.27 | 0.15 |
Total technical efficiency | 0.67 | 0.19 |
Clusters technical efficiency | 0.74 | 0.17 |
Nonclusters technical efficiency | 0.60 | 0.19 |
Returns to scale | 0.81 | |