Hansen H., Herrmann R. (2012). The two dimensions of policy impacts on economic cohesion: Concept and illustration for the CAP. Food policy, 01/08/2012, vol. 37, n. 4, p. 483-491.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.008
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.008
Titre : | The two dimensions of policy impacts on economic cohesion: Concept and illustration for the CAP (2012) |
Auteurs : | H. Hansen ; R. Herrmann |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Food policy (vol. 37, n. 4, August 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 483-491 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Thésaurus IAMM POLITIQUE REGIONALE ; PAC ; EVALUATION DE L'IMPACT ; DISPARITE REGIONALE ; POLITIQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE ; ALLEMAGNECatégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.3 - PAC |
Résumé : | Given the growing importance of cohesionpolicy within the European Union (EU) during the last two decades, public and scientific interest in the role of EU policies for regional disparities has risen continuously. Recent empirical studies on the impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on economiccohesion have been strikingly diverse in their principal findings. Whereas some studies suggest positive overall effects on economiccohesion, others stress exactly the opposite. One major reason for the ambiguous results is that a single agreed-upon measure of economiccohesion is lacking. We propose a concept that distinguishes between twodimensions of policyimpacts on economiccohesion: (i) the redistributive impact at a defined period of time and (ii) the change of the redistributive impact over time. The first dimension addresses the question whether a policy makes the distribution of a target variable, e.g., income, more equal or unequal at one point of time. The second dimension covers the impact of the policy on the disparity of the same variable over time, i.e., the impact on convergence. An empirical illustration of the concept for 13 NUTS 1 regions in Germany over the period 19912009 reveals that the twopolicyimpacts of the CAP are partly contradictory for the twodimensions. It is shown that the CAP fosters economiccohesion by reducing regional disparities in each individual year. With regard to redistributive impacts over time, we find that CAP transfers leave income convergence largely unaffected for society as a whole. Within the agricultural sector, it leads to a convergence of receipts per farm whereas it induces a divergence of farm receipts per hectare. |
Cote : | Réservé lecteur CIHEAM |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.008 |