Early retirement scheme for farmers in Slovenia and its potential effects - desire or reality?

Suitability and economic dimension of possible early retirement scheme for farmers in Slovenia has been studied. Scenario simulation analysis has been applied with key variables including age structure of farmers, their employment status and utilised agricultural area. Farmers' response to pote...

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Published inZbornik Biotehniske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Slovenia) Vol. 80; no. 1
Main Author Kavcic, S. (Ljubljana Univ. (Slovenia). Biotechnical Fac., Zootechnical Dept.)
Format Journal Article
LanguageSlovenian
Published 2002
Subjects
AGRICULTEUR
AGRICULTORES
AGRICULTURAL POLICIES
BIEN ETRE SOCIAL
BIENESTAR SOCIAL
ECONOMIA DE BIENESTAR
ECONOMIE DU BIEN ETRE
FARMERS
JUBILACIONES
PENSION
PENSIONS
POLITICA AGRICOLA
POLITICA SOCIAL
POLITIQUE AGRICOLE
POLITIQUE SOCIALE
SECURITE SOCIALE
SEGURIDAD SOCIAL
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL WELFARE
WELFARE ECONOMICS
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Summary:Suitability and economic dimension of possible early retirement scheme for farmers in Slovenia has been studied. Scenario simulation analysis has been applied with key variables including age structure of farmers, their employment status and utilised agricultural area. Farmers' response to potentially introduced measure has been estimated with questionnaire, allowing us together with structure of farms of potentially eligible farmers accomplishment of budgetary impacts projection of retirement scheme. Proposed measure would significantly accelerate exchange of farmers' generation, but would be less effective in improvement of farm size structure. Average costs per hectare of transferred lands are projected between 500 and 700 euros annually, with rents paid for at least 10 years. Budget of 20 to 25 million euros per year would free as much as 30 to 35 thousand hectares of agricultural lands during first years of scheme implementation. In the case of less funds available land transfer would be smaller, but not proportionally due to higher economic efficiency under more rigorous eligibility criteria. Early retirement scheme would be relatively expensive in Slovenian environment due to small farm size structure, resulting in small land transfer per transferor. However, taking into account co-financing rate of 75-80% from European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, all possibilities of the measure should be exploited.
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ISSN:1408-3434