Il ruolo dei pagamenti diretti della PAC nel sostegno e nella concentrazione dei redditi delle aziende agricole italiane
Author(s)
Tantari, Antonella
Date Issued
May 14, 2012
Type
Doctoral Thesis
Abstract
Farm direct payments (DP) have been the main instrument of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to support farm income in the EU. After the decoupling DP from production levels, the distributional objectives are among the major justification of DP. This thesis addresses their role in the support and concentration of farm income among Italian farmers. The analysis accounts direct payments granted in the context of the market and income support policies and those granted trough rural development policy programs. First pillar direct payments account for around 20% of total income, representing the most important source of income support. Small farms are more dependent on direct payments than the whole sample.
Using the Gini coefficient and its disaggregation, this thesis investigates the impact of both kinds of direct payments on farm income inequality. DP are very concentrated but reduce farm income inequality. Therefore, their reduction should result in an increase of farm income concentration. Finally, results of the analysis suggest that the CAP reform has decreased the role DP have played in reducing farm income inequality. This is not just because a change in their relative importance, but especially because changes in the patterns of their distribution.
The future convergence of the level of direct payments across farms should reduce farm income concentration.
Additional information
Dottorato di ricerca in Economia e territorio
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