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Spatial Analysis of Income Inequality in Agriculture

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  • Robert Finger

    (Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Nadja El Benni

    (Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics Group, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

Abstract

We investigate the spatial dimension of farm household income inequality as well as the importance of spatial considerations for its development over time using data for the period 1990-2009 on Swiss agriculture. To this end, Gini coefficients are estimated and non-parametric bootstrap is used to construct confidence intervals. We find significant differences between Gini coefficients across space, even though most cantons are characterized by homogeneous farm household income inequality. No significant change of Gini coefficients over time is found at the national level. In contrast, the analyses at the cantonal level show a heterogeneous development of income inequality. We find both increases and decreases in cantonal Gini coefficients.

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  • Robert Finger & Nadja El Benni, 2011. "Spatial Analysis of Income Inequality in Agriculture," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 31(3), pages 2138-2150.
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    income inequality; agriculture; Gini coefficient; spatial analysis;
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    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution

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