Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring
This study identifies several factors that inhibit efficiency improvements in the farming sector, both in themselves and through the dynamics of their mutual interaction. The study observes that incentives faced in the labor market have important i...
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okr-10986-154572021-04-23T14:03:14Z Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring World Bank AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND ASSETS COLLATERAL CONSOLIDATION COOPERATIVE BANKS CREDIT RATIONING ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT FARMERS FARMING FARMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL YEAR FISHING HOUSING INCOME INCOMES INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE LOW INCOME MACROECONOMICS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKETING MICROECONOMICS NGOS PENSIONS PERSONAL SAVINGS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY RETIREMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS STATE BANKS STREAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WATER SUPPLY FARM SECTOR RESTRUCTURING LAND MARKETS LABOR MARKETS RURAL LAND USE LAND MARKETS FARM SIZE RURAL CREDIT CREDIT MARKETS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CREDIT RATIONING NONFARM ENTERPRISES NONFARM INCOME NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM FAMILIES AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSOLIDATION PENSIONS SOCIAL TRANSFERS INFORMAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LAND ACQUISITION AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES This study identifies several factors that inhibit efficiency improvements in the farming sector, both in themselves and through the dynamics of their mutual interaction. The study observes that incentives faced in the labor market have important implications for the land structure and, and in many ways, are at the heart of the problem of low labor productivity in agriculture. The study finds that, while rural households are increasingly diversifying their income sources out of farming, they have not moved away from rural areas because of the incentives to hold onto small agriculture plots and because of the high costs of formal employment outside agriculture. Instead, households have increasingly relied on so-called unearned income (pension benefits and other social transfers) and settled for informal employment in rural areas. This has done little to advance the social condition of rural households, or to improve agricultural productivity. This incentive to hold onto small agricultural plots, as well as other factors limiting the availability of land for commercial farming, has lead to an increasingly polarized land structure, with small farms becoming smaller, and large farms consolidating, albeit slowly. 2013-08-28T20:41:22Z 2013-08-28T20:41:22Z 2001-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1677814/poland-functioning-labor-land-financial-markets-opportunities-constraints-farming-sector-restructuring http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15457 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Europe and Central Asia Poland |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND ASSETS COLLATERAL CONSOLIDATION COOPERATIVE BANKS CREDIT RATIONING ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT FARMERS FARMING FARMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL YEAR FISHING HOUSING INCOME INCOMES INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE LOW INCOME MACROECONOMICS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKETING MICROECONOMICS NGOS PENSIONS PERSONAL SAVINGS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY RETIREMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS STATE BANKS STREAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WATER SUPPLY FARM SECTOR RESTRUCTURING LAND MARKETS LABOR MARKETS RURAL LAND USE LAND MARKETS FARM SIZE RURAL CREDIT CREDIT MARKETS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CREDIT RATIONING NONFARM ENTERPRISES NONFARM INCOME NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM FAMILIES AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSOLIDATION PENSIONS SOCIAL TRANSFERS INFORMAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LAND ACQUISITION AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ARABLE LAND ASSETS COLLATERAL CONSOLIDATION COOPERATIVE BANKS CREDIT RATIONING ELASTICITIES EMPLOYMENT EQUIPMENT FARMERS FARMING FARMS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL YEAR FISHING HOUSING INCOME INCOMES INTEREST RATES LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND USE LOW INCOME MACROECONOMICS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKETING MICROECONOMICS NGOS PENSIONS PERSONAL SAVINGS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY RETIREMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS STATE BANKS STREAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WATER SUPPLY FARM SECTOR RESTRUCTURING LAND MARKETS LABOR MARKETS RURAL LAND USE LAND MARKETS FARM SIZE RURAL CREDIT CREDIT MARKETS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CREDIT RATIONING NONFARM ENTERPRISES NONFARM INCOME NONFARM SELF-EMPLOYMENT FARM FAMILIES AGRICULTURAL LAND CONSOLIDATION PENSIONS SOCIAL TRANSFERS INFORMAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY LAND ACQUISITION AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES World Bank Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring |
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This study identifies several factors
that inhibit efficiency improvements in the farming sector,
both in themselves and through the dynamics of their mutual
interaction. The study observes that incentives faced in the
labor market have important implications for the land
structure and, and in many ways, are at the heart of the
problem of low labor productivity in agriculture. The study
finds that, while rural households are increasingly
diversifying their income sources out of farming, they have
not moved away from rural areas because of the incentives to
hold onto small agriculture plots and because of the high
costs of formal employment outside agriculture. Instead,
households have increasingly relied on so-called unearned
income (pension benefits and other social transfers) and
settled for informal employment in rural areas. This has
done little to advance the social condition of rural
households, or to improve agricultural productivity. This
incentive to hold onto small agricultural plots, as well as
other factors limiting the availability of land for
commercial farming, has lead to an increasingly polarized
land structure, with small farms becoming smaller, and large
farms consolidating, albeit slowly. |
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Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring |
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Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring |
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Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring |
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Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring |
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Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring |
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poland - the functioning of the labor, land and financial markets : opportunities and constraints for farming sector restructuring |
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Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/1677814/poland-functioning-labor-land-financial-markets-opportunities-constraints-farming-sector-restructuring http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15457 |
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