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Inequality and Agricultural Structural Change: Evidence from Macro and Microdata , 1950-Present

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  • Matthew Fisher-Post

    (PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Rome, Italie])

Abstract

Since 1950, agricultural productivity has been increasing even as labourers leave agriculture. However, while average productivity of the sector has been converging, withinsector inequality has been increasing. Agricultural income inequality is still less than overall income inequality, but it measures significantly higher when we use higher-quality and more comprehensive survey data. This means not only to observe the entirety of household farm income, but also to measure the magnitude of capital income and corporate profits in the sector. Given the likely increase in agricultural inequality during the process of structural change, I show also the extent to which social protection programmes are both insufficient a nd poorly targeted for rural populations.

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  • Matthew Fisher-Post, 2025. "Inequality and Agricultural Structural Change: Evidence from Macro and Microdata , 1950-Present," World Inequality Lab Working Papers halshs-05046592, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wilwps:halshs-05046592
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