The Impact of CAP Payments on the Exodus of Labour from Agriculture in Selected EU Member States

Barbara Tocco, Sophia Davidova and Alastair Bailey

No 249757, 160th Seminar, December 1-2, 2016, Warsaw, Poland from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of farm exit under the implementation of CAP payments in four selected EU countries (France, Hungary, Italy and Poland) during the period 2005-08. In particular, it studies whether the CAP contributes to job maintenance or accelerates labour shedding, taking into account the two ‘Pillars’ of the CAP, i.e. Pillar 1 and Pillar 2. The main results suggest that total CAP expenditure at the regional level reduce the out-farm migration of agricultural workers in the two New Member States, Hungary and Poland. Conversely, the non-significant results for the ‘old’ Member States may be interpreted as the result of opposing effects of coupled payments and rural development support. The diverse impact of CAP on the likelihood of leaving agriculture in the four countries reflects the heterogeneity in the EU, which does not allow a common and simple generalisation of the effect of the CAP on labour allocation.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 2016
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Working Paper: The Impact of CAP Payments on the Exodus of Labour from Agriculture in Selected EU Member States (2014)
Working Paper: The Impact of CAP Payments on the Exodus of Labour from Agriculture in Selected EU Member States (2014)
Working Paper: The Impact of CAP Payments on the Exodus of Labour from Agriculture in Selected EU Member States (2013)
Working Paper: The Impact of CAP Payments on the Exodus of Labour from Agriculture in Selected EU Member States (2013)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.249757

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