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Individual Farming as a Labour Sink: Evidence from Poland and Russia

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  • Zvi Lerman

    (Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel)

  • Pepijn Schreinemachers

    (Center for Development Research (ZEF), ZEF-Bonn, University of Bonn, Walter-Flex-Str. 3, D-53113, Bonn, Germany.)

Abstract

In Poland and Russia, which provide two widely different examples of transition countries, small-scale individual farms employ more labour per hectare of land than large-scale corporate farms without suffering from lower productivity. Individual farming is a labour 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. Pending long-term development of nonagricultural employment opportunities, the average transition country should encourage the rural population to remain in agriculture by emphasising individual rather than corporate farming. Comparative Economic Studies (2005) 47, 675–695. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ces.8100068

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  • Zvi Lerman & Pepijn Schreinemachers, 2005. "Individual Farming as a Labour Sink: Evidence from Poland and Russia," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 47(4), pages 675-695, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:47:y:2005:i:4:p:675-695
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