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Micro Versus Macro Approach on Agricultural
Income Measurements for Rural Households in
Italian Official Statistics an Application for
Albania.
Domenico Ciaccia, Andrea Morreale, Edoardo Pizzoli
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Developments in agricultural households' income
statistics of EU

• 1985 Early EU studies and related statistics on
  agricultural households income
• 1988 Project approved by the Committee of
  agricultural statistics of European Commission,
  directed by Berkeley Hill
• 1998 Further systematization of Istat approach
• 2004 Action Tapas 2002 in Istat financed by
  Eurostat

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The state of art at European and international
level

• Several studies in Europe (1988 - 2000)
  reports by Eurostat
• International seminar of Eurostat (1996)
• OECD commitment on agricultural income
  measurement. Followed by Unece, World Bank and
  Fao
• IAHS series update from both micro and macro
  sources. Suspended by Eurostat
• Project "Feasibility study on the achievement of
  the European Statistics on Income of agricultural
  households

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Agricultural households' income in Italian
national accounts by Istat

• Until early 2004 the Central Directorate of
  National Accounts in Istat has regularly sent to
  Eurostat agricultural households income
  statistics (years 1984 2001)
• Complete estimates are available for type A and
  type B of agricultural households
• Households number of both types is constantly
  changing

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Agricultural households' income in Italian
national accounts by Istat

• Households of type A are steadily declining,
  while those of type B are growing

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Agricultural households' income in Italian
national accounts by Istat

• Number of agricultural households in micro and
  macro approach

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Agricultural households' income in Italian
national accounts by Istat

• Net disposable income by type of households,
  macro approach (1984 2001)

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Future of the two approaches macro- and
micro-economic

• The sample of households is in both cases not
  sufficient
• The sample should be recalibrated to provide
  valuable information at micro level, on
  agricultural and rural groups
• The micro approach must be better calibrated to
  highlight income differences of both types of
  households

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Italian experience in Albania

• Twinning project "Albanian Statistics towards
  the EU (2003 2005) construction of
  agricultural accounts for Albania (Istat)
• Country table of resources uses, in values and
  in quantities to improve the calculation of
  production account
• Prices and quantities produced of agricultural
  products to calculate accounts at current and
  constant prices in line with EU-Eurostat standards

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Evolution of agricultural sector in Albania (2003
2005)

• Agriculture still important despite economic
  growth
• Up and down of prices and production
• Supply almost exclusively for domestic market
• Total agricultural' households income estimates
  (Year 2004), Composition ()

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Conclusions

• In the near future it is necessary to extend
  agricultural households income indicators at
  regional level (NUTS 2) by means of new data
  available
• There should be also more attention to type B
  of agricultural households, that is a vulnerable
  group and in constant growth
• Possible developments priority given to
  agricultural households income statistics in
  Eurostat
• It is important to guide policies at territorial
  level
• What emerges from the evolution of households
  groups poorest population is rural, although the
  gap with the urban one is steadily declining
• In short the experience of Albania is an example
  of application and exportability of Istat
  methodology in other realities even if with a
  limited availability of data

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• References
• Barberis, C. (1981) Povertà e distribuzione dei
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• Ciaccia, D. (1996) Il nuovo SEC e il settore
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• EUROSTAT (1988a) Revenu global des mènages
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• EUROSTAT (1988b) Revenu agricole 1987 analyse
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• References
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