Survival of Farms in the Veneto Region of Italy 1999-2004

At a micro level, the authors model the survival of farms in the Veneto Region (Italy) for the period 1999–2004, by means of a new database that links information on survival histories in the Official Registers of the Chamber of Commerce with information on socioeconomic and structural characteristics of farms and farmers collected for the 2000 Census of Agriculture. First, the cohort of farms founded in 1999 is considered, and then the analysis is extended to all farms registered at the end of 1999. The model performs quite well in selecting farms with a high probability of survival.