Cooperative Gains in Agricultural Succession with Michiel Keyzer (SOW-VU, Amsterdam)
Testing the assumption of compensatory decision-making in Discrete Choice Experiments: An application to the decommissioning of oil installations, with Verity Watson and Mandy Ryan (HERU, Aberdeen)
Family migration and labour market outcomes: a panel investigation with Harminder Battu (Aberdeen)
The Effect of Off-farm Work on Production Intensity and Output Structure with Deborah Roberts (Aberdeen)
Home-ownership and Job Mobility in the UK with Harminder Battu (Aberdeen) and Ada Ma (HERU, Aberdeen)
Phimister, E, Theodossiou, I and R.Upward (2005) Are Low Pay Employment Spells Shorter In Urban Areas? Evidence From The UK. (Forthcoming) Environment and Planning A
Benjamin, C, LeRoux, Y. and Phimister,E (2005) ‘Regulating agriculture under asymmetric information: an empirical evaluation of the efficiency of subsidies to new farmers’. (Forthcoming) Land Use Policy.
Phimister, E (2005) Urban Effects on Participation and Wages: Are there Gender Differences (Forthcoming) Journal of Urban Economics 58 (3) (November) 513-536
Vera-Toscano, E, Phimister, E. and Weersink, A. (2004) ‘Panel Estimates of the Canadian Rural/Urban Women’s Wage Gap American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(4) (November) 1136-1151
Phimister, E, Roberts, D and Gilbert, A (2004) The Dynamics of Farm Incomes: Panel data analysis using the Farm Accounts Survey Journal of Agricultural Economics 55(2) (July)
Vera-Toscano, E, E.Phimister, and A.Weersink. (2004) ‘Short-Term Employment Transitions in the Canadian Labour Force: Rural-Urban Differences in Underemployment’. Agricultural Economics 30(2) 129-142.
Kidd, M, E Phimister, and I Ferko (2003) ‘Are Employment Effects of Gender Discrimination important? Some evidence from Great Britain’. The Manchester School. 71(6). (December) 593-610.
Vera-Toscano, E. Weersink, A and Phimister, E., (2003) ‘Earnings mobility of Rural vs. Urban workers in Canada’ Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 51 (July) 241-258.
Gilbert, A, E. Phimister, and I Theodossiou (2003) Low Pay and Income in Urban and Rural Areas: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey Urban Studies 40(7) 1207-1222.
Benjamin, C. and E. Phimister. (2002) Does capital market structure affect farm investment? A comparison using French and British farm level panel data American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 84(4) (November), 1115-1129.
Phimister, E., E.Vera-Toscano, and A. Weersink.(2002) Female participation and labor market attachment in Rural Canada American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 84(1) (February) 210-221.
Benjamin C and E. Phimister, (2001) ‘Imperfection du marché du capital et investissement des exploitations agricoles’ l'Actualité économique. 77(3) (September) 1-28.
Gilbert, A, E.Phimister, and I Theodossiou (2001) The Potential Impact of the Minimum Wage in Rural Areas' Regional Studies 35(8) (November) 765-770
Phimister, E, M.Shucksmith, and E. Vera-Toscano (2000). ‘The dynamics of low pay in rural households: Exploratory analysis using the British Household Panel’ Journal of Agricultural Economics 51(1), 61-77.
Phimister, E. R.Upward. and E. Vera-Toscano (2000) The Dynamics of Low Incomes in Rural Areas. Regional Studies. 34(5) 407-417
Benjamin, C. and E. Phimister. (1997) ‘Transactions costs, farm finance and investment’, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 24, 453-466.
Burton, M.P. and E. Phimister (1996) ‘The ranking of agricultural economics journals’, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 47(1). 109-115.
Phimister, E. (1996) ‘Farm household production under CAP reform: the impact of borrowing restrictions’, Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales, 38, 61-78.
Burton, M.P. and E. Phimister (1995) ‘Core Journals: A reappraisal of the Diamond list’, Economic Journal. vol.105, pp.361-373.
Phimister, E. (1995) Farm household production in the presence of restrictions on debt: theory and policy implications, Journal of Agricultural Economics, 46, 371-380.
Phimister, E. (1995) ‘The Impact of Borrowing Constraints on Farm Households: a Life Cycle Approach’, European Review of Agricultural Economics, vol.22, pp.61-86.
Phimister, E. (1995) ‘Farm consumption behaviour in the presence of uncertainty and restrictions on credit’, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 77, November 1995, 952-959.
Phimister, E. (1993) ‘Net Capital Outflows and the Viability of Family Farms’, Oxford Agrarian Studies, vol.21, pp.119-132.
Journal of Urban Economics 58 (3) (November) 513-536
This paper estimates participation and wage equations using panel data from the United Kingdom to explore gender differences in urban wage and participation premiums. The results suggest a small but economically significant urban participation premium for women but none for men. Results from the wage estimations suggest that after controlling for sample selectivity, observed and unobserved heterogeneity, the urban premium is larger for women. This wage premium is also larger for married or cohabiting women relative to others. There is also evidence of higher urban returns to experience for men and lower urban wage depreciation for both men and women.
Keywords. Participation, wages, urban, rural, panel, sample selection.
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With Ioannis Theodossiou (Aberdeen) and Richard Upward (Nottingham) (Forthcoming) Environment and Planning A
In this paper we compare periods of low-paid employment between urban and rural areas in the UK. Using the British Household Panel Survey, we estimate the probability that a period of low-paid employment will end, followed by a number of possible outcomes, namely a higher-paid job, self-employment, unemployment and out of the labour force. The results show that there are statistically significant differences in the dynamics of low pay across urban and rural labour markets, particularly in terms of exits to higher pay and out of the labour force. After controlling for different personal and job characteristics across markets, urban low pay durations are somewhat shorter on average, with a higher probability of movement to a higher-paid job. The results suggest that any urban-rural differences in the typical low pay experience are concentrated among certain types of individuals, such as young workers and women without qualifications.
with Deborah Roberts (Aberdeen) and Alana Gilbert (Macaulay Insitute, Aberdeen) (2004) Journal of Agricultural Economics 55(2) (July)
This paper uses longitudinal information from the Scottish Farm Accounts Survey to explore the dynamics of Scottish farm incomes between 1988/89 and 1999/2000. Both the Net Farm Income and Cash Income of farms are considered. The results show high levels of income variability and income mobility within Scottish agriculture. Although exit rates from the lowest income groups remain relatively high even when spells have lasted a number of years, there is evidence of farms with persistent low farm incomes and farms experiencing repeated spells of low income. Smaller farm size and having a farmer aged over 65 increase both the probability that a farm will fall into the lowest income group and the length of time spent in that income group. Further the results suggest that the impact of the post-1997 agricultural recession on income mobility depended on the income status of the farm when the recession began.
with Espe Vera-Toscano (IESA, Andalucia), and Alfons Weersink (Guelph) (2002) American Journal of Agricultural Economics. (November) 1136-1151
This paper analyses the female rural-urban wage gap in Canada using longitudinal data from the Survey of Labour Income and Dynamics 1993-1996. We estimate a 2-step wage equation accounting for unobserved heterogeneity and sample selection. The results indicate that a statistically and economically significant rural-urban wage gap remains after controlling for observed and unobserved characteristics. Further, the results suggest this rural-urban wage difference is not simply induced by the immobility across rural and urban markets. Rather, consistent with the effect of thinner rural labor markets, the evidence indicates that rural-urban differences in the impact of a number of explanatory variables are important.
with Alana Gilbert and Ioannis Theodossiou (Aberdeen) (2003) Urban Studies 40(7) 1207-1222.
This paper examines the extent of urban-rural differences in low pay and the link between low pay and low incomes using data on urban and rural residents from the British Household Panel Survey for 1991-1998. The results suggest that, overall, urban wages were significantly less than accessible rural but significantly more than remote rural wages even after adjustments were made for differences in observed characteristics. A lower percentage of urban workers who experienced low pay were also resident in low-income households. Lower urban in-employment and in-self employment poverty was found relative to poor remote rural households even after differences in the characteristics across the different samples were controlled for.
This article considers whether differences in the structure of agriculture credit markets in France and the UK alters the investment sensitivity to financial variables particularly cash flow. Using two panel datasets of French and UK farms, three approaches are used to test the sensitivity of investment to internal finance, an inventory investment model, a fundamental q model and Euler equations for machinery investment. The results suggest that the contrasting capital markets structures do induce differences in overall investment sensitivity to cash flow and its pattern across both farms with varying levels of collateral and between inventory and machinery investment.
Keywords: cash flow, farm investment, France, panel data, UK.
with Espe Vera-Toscano (IESA, Andalucia), and Alfons Weersink(Guelph) (2002) American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 84(1) (February) 210-221.
This paper explores the reasons for differences in female rural-urban participation rates by estimating a dynamic model of participation allowing for unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence using Canadian panel data. The results suggest that overall observed differences in rural-urban participations rates are primarily due to differences in observed socio-economic characteristics. However, for women resident in low-income households there is evidence that the operation of rural labor markets effectively lowers their participation rates.
Keywords: Canada, female participation, random effects probit, rural labor markets
With Richard Upward (Nottingham) and Espe Vera-Toscano (2000) Regional Studies. 34(5) 407-417
This paper provides a picture of the dynamics of low income in rural areas by comparing a rural sample with a non-rural sample using the British Household Panel Survey. The paper considers income distributions and inequality, low income mobility, the distribution of low income spells, the characteristics of those on low incomes and possible trigger events associated with low income entry and exit across the two samples. Although in absolute terms somewhat less important than in non-rural areas, the results confirm that low income in rural areas is significant and emphasise a number of important dynamic aspects of the problem, such as the extent of persistent low income among the rural poor.
Keywords: Rural, low income, dynamics, longitudinal data.
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This is a preprint of an article submitted for consideration in the Regional Studies © 2000 [copyright Taylor & Francis]; Regional Studies is available online at: http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk The article is available here.
Farm household production in the presence of restrictions on debt: theory and policy implications
Journal of Agricultural Economics, 46, 371-380.
In this paper a two period life cycle model of the farm household is constructed allowing for production and restrictions on debt in which the consumption and production decisions of the farm household are simultaneous. It is shown that the farm household’s production responses to exogenous changes may be qualitatively different to that predicted by the profit maximizing model when all markets are perfect. In particular, when the household is debt constrained, ‘perverse’ output effects are possible with output increasing in response to output price decreases. Further, for such households, "decoupled" compensation payments are shown to have production effects. Finally, the financial situation of the farm has an impact on production for debt constrained farms.
Keywords: farm household model, decoupling, common agricultural policy, Macsharry.
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