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This paper investigates the impact of international migration on technical efficiency, resource allocation and income from agricultural production of family farming in Albania. The results suggest that migration is used by rural households as a pathway out of agriculture: migration is negatively associated with the allocation of both labor and non-labor inputs in agriculture, while no significant differences can be detected in terms of farm technical efficiency or agricultural income. Whether the rapid demographic changes in rural areas triggered by massive migration, possibly combined with propitious land and rural development policies, will ultimately produce the conditions for more viable, high-return agriculture attracting larger investments remains to be seen.

Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems --- Agricultural production --- Agriculture --- Demographic changes --- Development policies --- Economic Theory and Research --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Impact of migration --- International Migration --- Labor Policies --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Policy ReseaRch --- Policy ReseaRch WoRking PaPeR --- Population Policies --- Resource allocation --- Rural areas --- Rural Development --- Rural development --- Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems --- Social Protections and Labor