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

Sammanfattning

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.

Nyckelord

Farm income; off-farm income; disposable income; inequality; Gini; poverty

Publicerad i

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
2019, volym: 41, nummer: 1, sidor: 153-173
Utgivare: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC

SLU författare

• Höjgård, Sören

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG5 Jämställdhet

UKÄ forskningsämne

Företagsekonomi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aepp/ppy005

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