The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of direct payments and rural development measures of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on employment in agriculture. We work with a dynamic labour demand equation augmented by the full set of policy instruments of the CAP, which is...

The structural change of East German agriculture after unification is heavily influenced by the agrarian policy of the EU. But its outcome is not only a product of a rational adaptation to new economic conditions, it also depends on social moments, especially the specific forms of cooperatives...

After an extended process of reform the European Union has introduced direct payments to farmers which are decoupled from production decisions as a central element of its Common Agricultural Policy. They are also referred to as Single Farm Payments. In this paper we analyze the production and...