Inequality in the Russian Agricultural Sector

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Russian and Eurasian Studies (MA)

Storimans, Damien (2020)

Inequality in the Russian Agricultural Sector

Master thesis | Russian and Eurasian Studies (MA)

This analysis seeks to find out whether state support measures have resulted in increased inequality in the Russian agricultural sector in the last 10 years. Based on firm-level data, several measures of inequality are constructed in section 4. All measures point to an increase in industry concentration, particularly in the livestock subsector. Several factors which may offer possible explanations for this increase are presented in section 3: stakeholders have a preference for larger farms, transaction costs for land and markets were higher for smaller farmers, and agricultural support measures give more support to larger farms. Lastly, the top 5 agroholdings in Russia were described. These holdings had particular advantages: special access to regular state support, excellent access to capital, and alternative state support in quasi-legal ways.

Inequality

Agricultural policy

New Institutional Economics

Distributional effects