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Income Distributional Effects of the California Land Conservation Act
Author(s) -
Hansen David E.,
Schwartz S. I.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1240019
Subject(s) - gini coefficient , distribution (mathematics) , income distribution , economics , sample (material) , adjusted gross income , demographic economics , public economics , economic inequality , agricultural economics , gross income , socioeconomics , inequality , state income tax , mathematics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , tax reform , chromatography
The distribution of program benefits of California's use‐value assessment program has been a major issue in the political debate concerning the program's desirability. This study examines the income distributional effects of program benefits for a sample of participants in Sacramento County. The fraction of benefits received by lower income landowners was quite large when compared with their share of total income. Benefits received by lower income farmers were sufficient to cause a significant positive shift in farm income distribution, as measured by the Gini coefficient. For nonfarmers, the shift in the income distribution was slight.