Regional employment impacts of Common Agricultural Policy measures in Eastern Germany: A difference-in-differences approach

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-193

  Petrick, Martin ^a   Zier, Patrick ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural employment; Common Agricultural Policy; Decoupling; Impact analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ECONOMETRICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; LABOR MARKET; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; PANEL DATA;

GERMANY;

EID: 79951659577     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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