This paper analyses the evolution and policy drivers of the productivity of farmers' human capital in EU agriculture from 1986 to 2010. The empirical analysis employs farm data sourced from the Farm Accountancy Data Network Standard Results as well as Eurostat's information on farm holders'...

The purpose of this note is to document how we constructed annual series for average educational attainment in the 20 Italian administrative regions throughout the 1970-1998 period. These annual data are disaggregated by gender and by eight sectors (Agriculture, Energy, Manufacturing,...