Income convergence in the agricultural sector in the context of the European Union's common agricultural policy

• Autorzy: Kryszak L.

Warianty tytułu

Konwergencja dochodów rolniczych w kontekście ewolucji wspólnej polityki rolnej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Agricultural income support is to remain one of the main objectives of the European Union (EU)’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2020. Subsidies contribute to increases in income, but the occurrence of income convergence between member states remains questionable. The aim of this article was to assess the phenomenon of convergence of agricultural income (labour factor remuneration) against a background of income in the broader economy. Eurostat data for the years 2001-2019 were used. Convergences were searched for using basic methods (beta and sigma convergence tests), as well as a stochastic framework (Pesaran unit root test) and the robust Phillips and Sul convergence test for comparison. These analyses indicate that there is convergence in the EU’s agricultural sector, specifically in terms of labour compensation, but also that this convergence is merely relative. This means that while countries’ income growth rates converge, their real income levels do not move to the same level. This conclusion may be an argument for the need to further equalise direct payment rates. The Phillips and Sul test results indicate that incomes in the overall economy are characterised by divergence, but it is possible to identify four convergence clubs.

PL

Wsparcie dochodów rolniczych jest jednym z głównych celów wspólnej polityki rolnej Unii Europejskiej po 2020 roku. Subsydia przyczyniają się do podniesienia dochodów, jednak problematyczna pozostaje kwestia konwergencji dochodowej pomiędzy krajami członkowskimi. Celem artykułu była ocena zjawiska konwergencji dochodów rolniczych (wynagrodzenie czynnika pracy) na tle dochodów w gospodarce ogółem. Wykorzystano dane Eurostat za lata 2001-2019. Występowanie konwergencji badano za pomocą podstawowych metod (konwergencja typu beta i sigma), jak i w ujęciu stochastycznym (test pierwiastka jednostkowego) oraz z wykorzystaniem odpornego testu Phillipsa i Sula. Przeprowadzone analizy wskazują, że odnośnie wynagrodzenia czynnika pracy w rolnictwie, w UE obserwuje się konwergencję, ale jest to jedynie konwergencja relatywna. Oznacza to, że dochodzi do wyrównania stóp wzrostu dochodu pomiędzy krajami, ale nie obserwuje się zbliżenia poziomów dochodu. Wniosek ten stanowić może argument za potrzebą dalszego wyrównywania stawek płatności bezpośrednich. Wyniki testu Phillipsa i Sula wskazują, że w gospodarce ogółem obserwuje się raczej dywergencje dochodową, ale możliwe jest wyznaczenie czterech klubów konwergencyjnych.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agrobusiness Economists
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: 22
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.140-152,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Kryszak L.

• Department of Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics, Poznan University of Economics and Business, 10 Niepodleglosci Av., 61-875 Poznan, Poland

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DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.3625