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Income Distributional Effects of the California Land Conservation Act

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  • David E. Hansen
  • S. I. Schwartz

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The distribution of program benefits of California's use-value assessment program has been a major issue in the political debate concerning the program's desirability. This study examines the income distributional effects of program benefits for a sample of participants in Sacramento County. The fraction of benefits received by lower income landowners was quite large when compared with their share of total income. Benefits received by lower income farmers were sufficient to cause a significant positive shift in farm income distribution, as measured by the Gini coefficient. For nonfarmers, the shift in the income distribution was slight.

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  • David E. Hansen & S. I. Schwartz, 1977. "Income Distributional Effects of the California Land Conservation Act," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 59(2), pages 294-301.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:59:y:1977:i:2:p:294-301.
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    1. Dudek, Daniel J. & Horner, Gerald L., 1980. "The Income Distributional Impacts Of Alternative Irrigation Return Flow Control Policies," Working Papers 225683, University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    2. Dote, Grace, 1979. "Economic Research Of Interest To Agriculture, 1976-1978," Economic Research of Interest to Agriculture 7325, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
    3. Bigelow, Daniel P. & Kuethe, Todd, 2023. "The impact of preferential farmland taxation on local public finances," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    4. Long, Burl F. & Infanger, Craig L. & Danielson, Leon E., 1977. "Land Use Planning And Policy In The South," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, July.

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