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dc.titleFarm Size and Income Distribution of Latin American Agriculture New Perspectives on an Old Issue
dc.contributor.authorGáfaro, Margarita
dc.contributor.authorIbáñez, Ana María
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Ordoñez, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz, María Camila
dc.contributor.orgunitVice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2023-08-24T00:08:00
dc.date.issue2023-08-24T00:08:00
dc.description.abstractLatin American and Caribbean countries have historically been known for their rates of land inequality, highest in the world. However, these countries also exhibit a high degree of heterogeneity in their patterns of land concentration and average farm sizes. These cross-country differences play a determining role in productivity of farms and the distribution of agricultural income. Constructing a new data-set matching agri- cultural census and household survey data, we provide suggestive evidence on the positive relationship between farm size and farm income and wages. We identify the prevalence of small farms and the resulting low agricultural incomes as an important mechanism contributing to high income inequality in agricultural regions. Low labor productivity in small farms appears as a key explanatory factor.
dc.format.extent71
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0005088
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Farm-Size-and-Income-Distribution-of-Latin-American-Agriculture-New-Perspectives-on-an-Old-Issue.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.relation.seriesLatin America and Caribbean Inequality Review
dc.subjectWage
dc.subjectEquality
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectIncome Equality
dc.subjectLabor
dc.subjectLand Tenure
dc.subjectAgricultural Productivity
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectLivestock
dc.subject.jelcodeO13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products
dc.subject.jelcodeO15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
dc.subject.jelcodeO54 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.jelcodeJ43 - Agricultural Labor Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeQ12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeQ15 - Land Ownership and Tenure • Land Reform • Land Use • Irrigation • Agriculture and Environment
dc.subject.keywordsLand inequality;Productivity;Agricultural income
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01510
idb.operationRG-T3609
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