Small French Farms and Employment: are they creating wage labour

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27 novembre 2020

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small farm farm work waged workforce agricultural census


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Pauline Lécole, « Small French Farms and Employment: are they creating wage labour », Archive Ouverte d'INRAE, ID : 10670/1.bp8sm2


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In this article, we highlight the structure of employment in the small French farms sector and we identify the characteristics of those that are conducive to the use of wage labour. For this purpose, we code labour regimes according to different types of workforce and propose a classification of small farms from the 2010 French agricultural census. It is shown that small farms with permanent waged workforce are mostly involved in high valueadded creation activities and are managed by trained farmers. However, we observe two main models: on the one hand, small farms with low recourse to family workforce (including that of the farmer). The proximity of job market and consumer market constitute an opportunity for these farms and the income earned off the farm have a positive impact on wage labour on the farm. On the other hand, small farms with significant recourse to family workforce complete their working time with permanent waged labour. It can reflect farmers’ preferences for agricultural activity (chosen following a career change).

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