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- Title
On the comparative evaluation of agricultural income distributions in the European Union.
- Authors
Allanson, Paul; Hubbard, Lionel
- Abstract
The paper reports a set of operational rules for ranking income distributions that could be used, given appropriate data, to address a range of policy issues concerning the economic welfare of the agricultural community, the comparability of agricultural and non-agricultural incomes, and the extent and depth of poverty in farming. The rules are based on stochastic dominance procedures and are consistent with social preferences for higher incomes and a more equal distribution of income. Their application is illustrated by means of a comparative analysis of the farm family income situation in the member states of the European Union based on Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data. The inadequacy of FADN data as a basis for inferences about welfare and poverty of farm households is stressed.
- Subjects
EUROPEAN Union countries; AGRICULTURAL wages; AGRICULTURAL economics; FARM life; INCOME; ECONOMIC policy; EUROPEAN Union
- Publication
European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1999, Vol 26, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0165-1587
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/erae/26.1.1