Research for AGRI Committee -The Role of the EU’S Common Agricultural Policy in Creating Rural Jobs
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22-04-2016
This study analysed the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy’s role in creating rural jobs. Starting at the EU level, a thorough systematic literature review and a statistical analysis prepare the ground for more detailed Member Stare reviews and Case studies. When discussing the findings the study concludes that the CAP supports the survival of small scale farms and contributes to sustain and develop rural economies. However, Pillar I payments have contradictory effects on employment and its ability in creating jobs appears to be limited. Pillar II is effective in supporting diversification, but concrete evidences of direct effects on employment are difficult to assess due to missing systematic reporting on job creation.
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- agricultural expenditure
- agricultural holding
- agricultural policy
- AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES
- common agricultural policy
- economic accounts for agriculture
- economic analysis
- economic geography
- economic indicator
- ECONOMICS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- EU finance
- EU regional policy
- EU statistics
- Europe
- EUROPEAN UNION
- farming systems
- France
- GEOGRAPHY
- Germany
- Hungary
- Italy
- job creation
- Lithuania
- national accounts
- Netherlands
- Poland
- political geography
- Portugal
- regions and regional policy
- Romania
- rural development
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- working population engaged in agriculture