The paper examines to which extent the theory of the farm household and the argument of path dependencies can be confirmed through recent empirical contributions on structural change in agriculture. In addition, a model is developed that explains structural change through occupational choices in...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Producers -- Chapter 3. Consumers -- Chapter 4. Dealing with Externalities -- Chapter 5. Food Policies and Prices -- Chapter 6. Food Trade -- Chapter 7. Databases and Their Potential -- Chapter 8. Research Approaches -- Chapter 9. Concluding remark.