This paper deals with the determinants of out-farm migration across the European Union (EU) regions focusing on the role played by CAP payments. We add to the existing literature in three main directions. First, our analysis has broad coverage (150 EU regions over the 1990–2009 period); second, we work on the entire portfolio of CAP instruments; third, we rely on modern panel data methods. Results show that standard drivers, such as the relative income and the relative labour share, are important determinants of out-farm migration. Overall, CAP payments significantly contributed to maintain job in agriculture, though the magnitude of the economic effect has been quite moderate and heterogeneous across policy instruments. Pillar I subsidies exerted an effect more than two times greater than that of Pillar II payments.

Do CAP payments reduce farm labour migration? A panel data analysis across EU regions / A. Olper, V. Raimondi, D. Cavicchioli, M. Vigani. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0165-1587. - 41:5(2014 Apr), pp. 843-873. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Productivity and its impacts on global trade : international agricultural trade research consortium (IATRC) symposium tenutosi a Seville nel 2013 [10.1093/erae/jbu002].

Do CAP payments reduce farm labour migration? A panel data analysis across EU regions

A. Olper
Primo
;
V. Raimondi
Secondo
;
D. Cavicchioli;
2014

Abstract

This paper deals with the determinants of out-farm migration across the European Union (EU) regions focusing on the role played by CAP payments. We add to the existing literature in three main directions. First, our analysis has broad coverage (150 EU regions over the 1990–2009 period); second, we work on the entire portfolio of CAP instruments; third, we rely on modern panel data methods. Results show that standard drivers, such as the relative income and the relative labour share, are important determinants of out-farm migration. Overall, CAP payments significantly contributed to maintain job in agriculture, though the magnitude of the economic effect has been quite moderate and heterogeneous across policy instruments. Pillar I subsidies exerted an effect more than two times greater than that of Pillar II payments.
out-farm migration; labour markets; CAP payments; panel data analysis
Settore AGR/01 - Economia ed Estimo Rurale
   Comparative Analysis of Factor Markets for Agriculture across the Member States
   FACTOR MARKETS
   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
   FP7
   245123
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International agricultural trade research consortium
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