A labour-based approach to the analysis of structural transformation: Application to French agricultural holdings 2000

Céline Bignebat (celine.bignebat@inra.fr), P.M. Bosc and Philippe Perrier-Cornet (pperriercornet@gmail.com)

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Abstract: The question of farm size has long been a concern in the agricultural economics literature. The observation of a long-lasting persistence of so-called small farms drew the attention of numerous researchers. The size of farms is often approximated by the farm area in hectares or the added value and gross margin. We propose to investigate the opportunity to use labour family labour and hired, permanent and seasonal, wage labour) as an entry point for a typology of agricultural holdings, with an application on French data from the Census collected in 2000. Then, we characterize the holdings belonging to the groups defined by the typology based on the type of labour. ....French Abstract : La question de la taille des exploitations agricoles, en relation avec leurs performances, a été largement abordée par la littérature dédiée à l’économie agricole. En particulier, la persistance de l’existence de petites exploitations a attiré l’attention. La taille des exploitations est le plus souvent estimée en hectares, en valeur ajoutée ou en chiffre d’affaires. Cet article propose une entrée par le travail (familial ou salarié, saisonnier ou permanent) pour construire une typologie des exploitations françaises sur la base du Recensement Agricole 2000. Il caractérise ensuite les différents types d’exploitations identifiées.

Keywords: AGRICULTURAL LABOUR; FARM SIZE; TRAVAIL AGRICOLE; TAILLE DES EXPLOITATIONS; FRANCE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 D22 J43 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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