INDIVIDUAL FARMING AS A LABOR SINK: EVIDENCE FROM POLAND AND RUSSIA

Zvi Lerman and Pepijn Schreinemachers

No 19901, 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: In Poland and Russia, small-scale individual farms employ more labor per hectare of land than large-scale corporate farms, without suffering from lower labor productivity. Individual farming is a labor sink for the rural population, and land policies promoting individualization of agriculture in transition countries can alleviate the social consequences of rural unemployment without sacrificing agricultural productivity.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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