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Martin Nordin . Photo

Martin Nordin

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Martin Nordin . Photo

Is the setting up aid mitigating the generational renewal problem in farming?

Author

  • Martin Nordin
  • Ida Lovén

Summary, in English

This study is the first to evaluate the setting up aid (SUA), in the Rural Development Programme. For Sweden, we investigate if the aid, firstly, speeds up the transition process to become manager of a farm and, secondly, affects income from farming and survival of the farm. The approach builds on a regression discontinuity design and explores an age 40-the eligibility requirement in the SUA. We find that the SUA has an impact on the transition to farm management, as well as it increases income from farming and farm survival. Consequently, the aid is likely to fulfil its aim of attracting young people into farming.

Department/s

  • AgriFood Economics Centre, Lund University School of Economics and Management

Publishing year

2020

Language

English

Pages

1697-1715

Publication/Series

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volume

47

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Economics
  • Agricultural Science

Keywords

  • farm management
  • generational renewal
  • income from farming
  • Rural Development Programme
  • Setting up aid
  • young farmers

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0165-1587