In this paper the level of taxation of Italian farm households is studied by analyzing the data of agricultural households in the Italian EU-SILC database. The proposed approach allows to use the EU- SILC database to fill missing information on FADN database through a methodology of statistical...

This paper investigates the contribution of different off-farm income sources and Common Agricultural Policy direct payments on income inequality among farm households. The analysis uses the Gini coefficient concept and its decomposition on the whole sample of Farm Accountancy Data Network...

This paper analyses the impact of a set of direct payment tools of the Common Agricultural Policy on the distribution of household income among Italian farm families. It considers a large sample of Italian farm families and applies the Gini decomposition approach. The analysis accounts for...

Direct payments are the main instrument of support to farm incomes in the European Union. After their decoupling from production, the redistributive goal has become a major political justification for maintaining this support tool. This paper analyzes the role of direct payments in the formation...