CAP and the Regions: The territorial impact of the common agricultural policy” by Shucksmith, Thomson and Roberts. Following their work in the early 2000s, we attempt to re-examine social impacts of the CAP after its major reforms in 2003. More accurate CAP data become available for us in the CATS database, along with agricultural data at NUTS3 level from Eurostat’s Farm Structure Survey. In addition, more countries started receiving CAP funds. To capture this difference, we provide one set of results using all EU members and another set of results using only the EU15 in our replications of results of Shucksmith et al.

**Table 1.** Pearson correlation coefficients between level of total Pillar 1 support accruing to NUTS3 regions (2008-2013) and socio-economic indicators (2011)

|Variables|Unemploym<br>ent rate|Povertyrate|Share of the<br>country<br>poor|GDP per<br>inhabitant|Population<br>change<br>(2008-2013)|Support per<br>hectare<br>UAA|Support per<br>AWU|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**EU15**||||
|Support per hectare UAA|0.1163|0.0630*|0.1420**|0.1636**|0.0853**|1|0.6479**|
|Number of observations|193|963|963|963|963|963|962|
|Support per AWU|0.0942|0.0846**|0.1540**|0.0651*|0.1954**|0.6479**|1|
|Number of observations|193|964|964|964|964|962|964|
|||**EU**|**28(except for**|**Czech Republ**|**ic and Lithua**|**nia)**||
|Support per hectare UAA|0.1061+|-0.0401|0.0353|0.0733+|-0.0125|1|0.5392**|
|Number of observations|250|1165|1165|1165|1165|1165|1164|
|Support per AWU|0.0814|0.002|0.1195**|0.1098**|0.0628*|0.5392**|1|
|Number of observations|250|1166|1166|1166|1166|1164|1166|

Note: (1) Symbol + indicates correlation statistically significant at 0.1 level; * indicates correlation statistically significant at 0.05 level; ** indicates correlation statistically significant at 0.01 level; (2) CAP support are the sum of payments for the period 2008-2013; (3) Unemployment rate data is at NUTS2 level; (4) EU15 are Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK

**Table 2** . Pearson correlation coefficients between the level of market price support and direct income payments accruing to NUTS3 regions (2008 - 2013) and socio-economic indicators (2011)

|Variables|Unemploy<br>ment rate|Povertyrate|Share of the<br>country<br>poor|GDP per<br>inhabitant|Population<br>change<br>(2008-2013)|Support per<br>hectare<br>UAA|Support per<br>AWU|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Ma<br>|**EU15**<br>rket Price Supp<br>|ort<br>|||
|Support per hectare UAA|0.0777|0.0252|0.0944**|0.1942**|0.0688*|1|0.6267**|
|Number of observations|193|963|963|963|963|963|962|
|Support per AWU|0.0974|0.0436|0.1061**|0.1333**|0.1825**|0.6267**|1|
|Number of observations|193|964|964|964|964|962|964|
||||Dire<br>|ct Income Pay<br>|ments<br>|||
|Support per hectare UAA|0.1941**|0.1443**|0.1460**|-0.0115|0.2126**|1|0.4994**|
|Number of observations|193|965|965|965|965|965|964|
|Support per AWU|0.0567|0.0907**|0.0843**|-0.1282**|0.2184**|0.4994**|1|
|Number of observations|193|966|966|966|966|964|966|
|||**EU2**<br>|**8(except for**<br>Ma<br>|**Czech Repub**<br>rket Price Supp<br>|**lic and Lithua**<br>ort<br>|**nia)**<br>||
|Support per hectare UAA|0.0721|-0.0319|0.0469|0.1303**|-0.0022|1|0.5748**|
|Number of observations|250|1165|1165|1165|1165|1165|1164|
|Support per AWU|0.0904|0.017|0.0830**|0.1264**|0.3339**|0.5748**|1|

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