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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.1997622
The interplay of labour, land, intermediate consumption and output: a decomposition of the agricultural labour productivity for the Baltic States
Vaida Sapolaite
Tomas Balezentis
Sažetak
This article proposes a decomposition approach for the agricultural labour productivity change that takes into account the landto-labour ratio, intermediate consumption intensity and intermediate consumption productivity. The case of the three Baltic
States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) is considered which is interesting
in the light of the European Union (E.U.) expansion and the structural change taking place in those countries. In addition, Poland,
Germany and Denmark are included in the analysis as benchmark
countries. To quantify the drivers of the agricultural labour
change in the countries considered, the Index Decomposition
Analysis (I.D.A.) is applied. The analysis proceeds in two directions: first, the cumulative change in the agricultural labour productivity over 1998–2018 is decomposed for each country under
analysis; second, differences in the agricultural labour productivity
for each country vis-a-vis Denmark (the highest productivity country) are decomposed. The results offer important policy implications as the intermediate consumption intensity appears as the
critical factor that needs to be addressed via the support payments.
Ključne riječi
land-to-labour ratio; intermediate consumption; labour productivity; Baltic States; index decomposition analysis (I.D.A.); Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (L.M.D.I.)
Hrčak ID:
302610
URI
Datum izdavanja:
31.3.2023.
Posjeta: 343 *