Agro in Uruguay: Ground Rent, Labor Income, and Profit

Since 2002, the agriculture and livestock sector in Uruguay has undergone an intense transformation in the context of high commodities prices and rising foreign investment. This research studied an as-of-yet unaddressed dimension of these changes concerning their impact on income distribution to con...

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Autores: Oyhantçabal Benelli, Gabriel, Sanguinetti, Martín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Problemas del Desarrollo. Revista Latinoamericana de Economía
Idioma:español
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/56949
Acceso en línea:https://www.probdes.iiec.unam.mx/index.php/pde/article/view/56949
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agriculture and livestock sector
labor income
ground rent
surplus
State
sector agropecuario
ingreso laboral
renta del suelo
plusvalor
Estado
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Sumario:Since 2002, the agriculture and livestock sector in Uruguay has undergone an intense transformation in the context of high commodities prices and rising foreign investment. This research studied an as-of-yet unaddressed dimension of these changes concerning their impact on income distribution to contribute to the recent literature on these matters. The distribution of income by source of remuneration (labor income, profit, and ground rent) and social class, including the State, in the period 2000-2015, was analyzed. The results show that landholders were the group whose appropriation of value increased the most. The total wage bill grew slightly, and state participation held steady in both the value of agriculture and livestock and ground rent.