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Assessing the Causal Effect of Decoupled Payments on farm labour in Tuscany Using Propensity Score Methods

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  • Bartolini, Fabio
  • Brunori, Gianluca
  • Coli, Alessandra
  • Landi, Chiara
  • Pacini, Barbara

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We analyze the impact on employment of the 2003/2005 CAP reform (decoupled payments) in Tuscany farms. We use data coming from census (2000 and 2010) and administrative archives, and apply propensity score-based methods to evaluate the average treatment effect of pay- ments on employment-related outcomes, taking into account that the assignment mechanism of payments was non-random. We further investigate impact heterogeneity using a generalized propensity-score matching methodology focussing on a subgroup of farms. Results show that there exists some effect of the payments on employment and that the impact is heterogeneous over the different amounts of payments.

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  • Bartolini, Fabio & Brunori, Gianluca & Coli, Alessandra & Landi, Chiara & Pacini, Barbara, 2015. "Assessing the Causal Effect of Decoupled Payments on farm labour in Tuscany Using Propensity Score Methods," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211200, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae15:211200
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.211200
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