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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 of low income have lasted a number of years, there is evidence of farms with persistent low farm income 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.

This article explores the extent to which the potential impact of the national minimum wage might differ in rural areas. Using pre-1999 data from the British Household Panel Survey, a number of dimensions of the policy's potential impact in rural areas are considered, in particular, the number of workers affected, their typical characteristics, and the effects on pay inequality and household income distribution. The results show that for the majority of rural areas that are accessible to urban labour markets, the impact is likely to be broadly similar. In contrast, the potential impacts, and particularly the distributional effects, of the national minimum wage are found to be greatest in remoter rural areas.Rural, Minimum Wage, Inequality, Labour Markets,

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 1991-98. 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 were found relative to poor remote rural households even after differences in the characteristics across the different samples were controlled for.

Philip L. J. and Gilbert A. (2007) Low income amongst the older population in Great Britain: a rural/non-rural perspective on income levels and dynamics, Regional Studies 41, 735-745. Great Britain's population is ageing. Income levels are an important element of quality of life in retirement. This paper utilizes income data from the British Household Panel Survey to explore income levels and dynamics amongst older people living in non-rural, accessible rural and remote rural areas. Analysis shows clear geographical variations. Average household incomes of the over 65s in remote rural areas are less than those of their non-rural and accessible rural counterparts, and older people living in remote rural areas are the most likely to experience persistent low income. Philip L. J. et Gilbert A. (2007) Le faible revenu parmi les personnes plus agees en Grande-Bretagne: un apercu rural/non-rural sur les niveaux et la dynamique de revenu, Regional Studies 41, 735-745. La population de la Grande-Bretagne vieillit. Le niveau de revenu constitue un element cle de la qualite de la vie au moment de la retraite. Cet article se sert des donnees sur les revenus qui proviennent de la British Household Panel Survey (enquete permanente menee en Grande-Bretagne aupres des menages) afin d'examiner le niveau et la dynamique de revenu parmi les personnes plus agees habitant les zones non-rurales, les zones rurales accessibles et les zones rurales isolees. L'analyse laisse voir des variations geographiques nettes. Dans les zones rurales isolees, le revenu menager moyen des personnes agees de plus de 65 ans s'avere inferieur a celui de leurs homologues habitant les zones non-rurales et les zones rurales accessibles, et il est le plus probable que les personnes plus agees habitant les zones rurales isolees touchent regulierement un faible revenu. Grande-Bretagne Personnes plus agees Faible revenu Rural/non-rural Variations Dynamique de revenu Philip L. J. und Gilbert A. (2007) Geringes Einkommen unter Senioren in Grossbritannien: eine landliche/nicht landliche Perspektive der Einkommensniveaus und Dynamik, Regional Studies 41, 735-745. Grossbritanniens Bevolkerung altert. Das Einkommensniveau ist ein wichtiges Element der Lebensqualitat im Rentenalter. In diesem Beitrag werden anhand von Daten des British Household Panel Survey Einkommensniveaus und Dynamik von Senioren untersucht, die in nicht landlichen Gebieten, in landlichen Gebieten mit Verkehrsanbindung sowie in abgelegenen landlichen Gebieten wohnen. Bei unserer Analyse ergeben sich klare geografische Abweichungen. Das durchschnittliche Haushaltseinkommen der uber 65-Jahrigen in abgelegenen landlichen Gebieten liegt unter dem der Menschen in nicht landlichen Gebieten und in landlichen Gebieten mit Verkehrsanbindung; ebenso ist bei Senioren in abgelegenen landlichen Gebieten die Wahrscheinlichkeit am hochsten, dass sie kontinuierlich ein geringes Einkommen beziehen. Grossbritannien Senioren Niedriges Einkommen Abweichungen zwischen landlichen und nicht landlichen Gebieten Einkommen...