From: Technical efficiency in milk production in underdeveloped production environment of India*
Variables | Plains | Hills |
---|---|---|
 | MLE estimates | MLE estimates |
Constant | 0.641 | 0.194 |
(0.162) | (0.668) | |
Depreciation | 0.183 | 0.219 |
(0.149) | (0.361) | |
Veterinary expenditures | 0.137 | 0.009 |
(0.147) | (0.022) | |
Miscellaneous expenditures | 1.628* | 0.287 |
(0.915) | (0.406) | |
Green fodder index | 0.055 | −0.020 |
 | (0.300) | (0.042) |
Dry fodder index | 0.065* | 0.742 |
(0.031) | (0.911) | |
Concentrate index | −0.062* | −0.248 |
(-0.032) | (0.277) | |
Family labour | −0.125** | 0.229 |
(0.050) | (0.744) | |
γ = s2u / s2s | 0.979*** | 0.949*** |
(0.007)*** | (0.554E-05) | |
LR test of the one-sided error | 9.788*** | 10.86*** |
Log-likelihood function | 21.13 | 31.82 |