Rural development and local labour market: an agricultural household-derived model for allocation of family farm labour in southern Italy
1998
Quaranta, G. (Universita della Basilicata, Potenza (Italy)) | Marotta, G. (Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria, Roma (Italy))
The leading idea of this work is that the structural adjustment response to Rural Development Policy, especially provided by the EU, in areas such the Italian Mezzogiorno will depend not only on the technical characteristics of the farm but also on the socio-economic features of the farm family and from the local context. Agricultural household models (AHM), integrating a farm household's production and consumption decisions into a unified theoretical structure, provide a promising framework to model such circumstances. Applying an empirical version of this model on some representative households with different structures available and in three different southern Italy contexts, the study simulate the impact of Rural Development Policy mainly on family farm income and its composition, family labour allocation and farm land use. The results produce insights to develop and apply specific instruments of Agricultural and Economic Policy.
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