TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Rashidghalam, Masoomeh
AU  - Heshmati, Almas
AU  - Dashti, Ghader
AU  - Pishbahar, Esmail
        TI  - A Comparison of Panel Data Models in Estimating Technical Efficiency
        PY  - 2016/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 9807
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp9807
        AB  - The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it compares the performance of various panel data models in estimating technical efficiency in production. Second, it applies various stochastic frontier panel data models to estimate the technical efficiency of Iran's cotton production and to provide empirical evidence on the sources of technical inefficiency of cotton producing provinces. The results indicate that labor and seeds are determinants of cotton production and inorganic fertilizers result in reducing technical efficiency. The mean technical efficiency of the models is around 80 percent. Variations in the distribution of estimated efficiency amongst the different models is large.
        KW  - technical efficiency
KW  - labor use
KW  - panel data modeling
KW  - time-variant
KW  - persistent inefficiency
KW  - individual heterogeneity
KW  - model comparison
KW  - cotton production
KW  - Iran
        ER  -