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Earnings and Disposable Income of Farmers in Sweden, 1997-2012

Nordin, Martin LU and Höjgård, Sören LU (2019) In Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 41(1). p.153-173
Abstract

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of farmers' income in Sweden. The results indicate that farm households in Sweden do well from a standard-of-living perspective, but that farming is still a low-paid occupation from a return-on-skills perspective. Nevertheless, farm earnings increased faster over the study period than earnings in the general population, owing equally to higher farm earnings for operators and higher off-farm earnings for their spouse. Since few female spouses make farm earnings, evaluating farm household earnings from mainly a household perspective fails to acknowledge the individual careers of farmer and spouse.

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disposable income, Farm income, Gini, inequality, off-farm income, poverty.
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
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41
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1
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21 pages
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Wiley
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2040-5790
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10.1093/aepp/ppy005
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English
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