Tropentag , 2008-10-07

Title : Determining the Role of Inputs, Climate and Insurance Protection Policy on Income Equality of Wheat Producers in Khorasan Provinces ( Determining the Role of Inputs, Climate and Insurance Protection Policy on Income Equality of Wheat Producers in Khorasan Provinces )

Authors: Mohammad Ghorbani ,

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Abstract

Purpose of this study is that, can inputs and insurance protection policy effect on income inequality? Data of this study was found with stratified simple random sampling from 573 wheat insured farmers and farmers who don’t purchase insurance in North, Razavi and South provinces in 1383. Result of this study show that wheat farmer’s income tends to inequality as among the effective factors in production, land cultivated has most shares and insurance has lowest share in inequality. In other word insurance can lead to improve the income distribution. Climate share in income inequality is more than insurance share and climate share in income inequality of uninsured farmers is more than insured farmers. Also income inequality in North Khorasan with cool climate is more than other two provinces and insurance share in income inequality in Razavi with moderate climate is more than other two Provinces. In end of this study with respect to results, suggestions are offered.

Keywords

, Keywords: Income distribution, Shorrocks model, Insurance, Khorasan.