Income distribution in agrarian enterprises in Andalusia

Abstract

Andalusia is one of the biggest regions in Spain and Europe. It has also a very complicated agrarian structure that means that there are "many agricultures" withn it. Since 1991, three macro-surveys have been carried out to learn more about the socio-economic structure of Andalusian farms. These surveys are the core of a decision-support system called AGROS. One of the most important parameters that researchers want to verify in agrarian economics is the mstribution of farm income at the regional level. There are different approaches to this problem: based on agrarian activities or based on geographical location, at the microeconomic level or on a regional scale, in different time frames, and so on. Ths paper focuses directly on real surveyed data at the microeconomic level. The total net margin of the farms surveyed is selected to estimate agrarian income. Agricultural enterprises have been classified into two groups depending on their revenue sources: totally or partially agrarian. The productive profiles within the two groups are also considered as well as whether the non-agrarian revenues come from the manager or from other family members.