The evolution of returns to primary factors in the Brazilian agriculture in the 1970 to 1995/96 period / A evolução da participação dos fatores produtivos primários na renda do setor agropecuário no período de 1970 a 1995/96

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The aim of this research is to evaluate the evolution of returns to primary factors in the Brazilian agriculture, both at national and regional levels, in the period 1970 to 1995/96. The sources of data are the Brazilian Agricultural Censuses from 1970 to 1995/96, which bring information about agricultural production and costs. The analysis show how agricultural income is distributed among the primary factors in agriculture: capital, labor and land. The results calculated are satisfactorily close to those presented in the Brazilian Input Output tables, used for the sake of comparison and validation. Results show that the share of labor in agricultural income remained relatively stable in the period, around 20% or the total returns to the primary factors. The behavior of land and capital's shares are more variable, and show a mutual alternate pattern. The regional analysis shows that the share of land is higher in the Center-West region, in all periods. The North region shows the lowest labor share in the earlier years, which increases in the more recent periods. The South region shows the lowest labor share, which is higher in the Southeast region compared to the others. And, finally, the share of capital, since it is calculated as a residual, is higher in the South and North regions.

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salários arrendamento rural agriculture evolution agricultural income produção (economia) wages production (economy) agropecuária – evolução renda agrícola lease agricultural

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