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Rolnicy i przedsiębiorcy – indywidualne działanie i dwie drogi rozwoju
Farmers and entrepreneurs – individual action and two ways of development

Author(s): Elżbieta Szczygieł, Teresa Piecuch
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Keywords: income utility; households; entrepreneurs; farmers

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is an income utility of farmers and entrepreneurs households. It presentsthe results of non-identified data from households` budget survey conducted by Central StatisticalOffice. The aim of this article is to compare the individual activity of households in the economicdimension related to income and directions of its distribution, on this basis to conclude about possiblesimilarity and assumed differences in the way of development of these two types of farms. The resultswere treated into statistical analysis covering estimation of the parameters of the utility function ofincome based on B.M.S van Praag model with fit to a log-normal distribution. The results confirmedthe assumed hypothesis of various ways of households’ development.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 54
  • Page Range: 449-463
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish