Socio-economic differentiation in the post-communist rural Baltics: the case of three kolkhozes

Rasa Žakevičiūtė

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2016, vol. 47, issue 3, 349-368

Abstract: This paper uses longitudinal quantitative data to examine socio-economic differentiation in the rural Baltic areas after decollectivization. It argues that the rural social structure in the post-Soviet Baltics is best determined by two criteria: source of income (income from farming entrepreneurship or income from salaries) and land holdings. Four rural groups are identified: people getting their main income from farming can be differentiated into large landowners engaged in the commercial production of agricultural goods and people with small or medium-sized farms; and people earning their main income from wages can be separated into people with no farming activities and people who are still keeping small or medium-sized farms. The paper also finds that the importance of farming activities in the countryside decreases while importance of wage income tends to increase.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2015.1127834

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