On the comparative evaluation of agricultural income distributions in the European Union
提出了一套基于随机占优方法的收入分配排序规则,用于比较欧盟各成员国农业家庭收入状况,评估农业与非农业收入的可比性及农业贫困程度。
The paper reports a set of operational rules for ranking income distributions that could be used, given appropriate data, to address a range of policy issues concerning the economic welfare of the agricultural community, the comparability of agricultural and non-agricultural incomes, and the extent and depth of poverty in farming. The rules are based on stochastic dominance procedures and are consistent with social preferences for higher incomes and a more equal distribution of income. Their application is illustrated by means of a comparative analysis of the farm family income situation in the member states of the European Union based on FADN data.