Does the Common Agricultural Policy Reduce Farm Labour Migration? Panel Data Analysis Across EU Regions

Factor Markets Working Paper No. 28

25 Pages Posted: 27 Jul 2012

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Alessandro Olper

Università degli Studi di Milano; KU Leuven - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance (LICOS)

Valentina Raimondi

Università degli Studi di Milano

Mauro Vigani

University of Gloucestershire

Daniele Cavicchioli

University of Milan

Date Written: July 20, 2012

Abstract

This paper deals with the determinants of labour out-migration from agriculture across 149 EU regions over the 1990–2008 period. The central aim is to shed light on the role played by payments from the common agricultural policy (CAP) on this important adjustment process. Using static and dynamic panel data estimators, we show that standard neoclassical drivers, like relative income and the relative labour share, represent significant determinants of the intersectoral migration of agricultural labour. Overall, CAP payments contributed significantly to job creation in agriculture, although the magnitude of the economic effect was rather moderate. We also find that pillar I subsidies exerted an effect approximately two times greater than that of pillar II payments.

Keywords: CAP, EU, labour out-migration, intersectoral migration, CAP payments, job creation

Suggested Citation

Olper, Alessandro and Raimondi, Valentina and Vigani, Mauro and Cavicchioli, Daniele, Does the Common Agricultural Policy Reduce Farm Labour Migration? Panel Data Analysis Across EU Regions (July 20, 2012). Factor Markets Working Paper No. 28, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2117757

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Valentina Raimondi

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Mauro Vigani

University of Gloucestershire ( email )

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Daniele Cavicchioli

University of Milan

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