This perspective is argued by Michael Ellman to have influenced official policy during the famine, with those deemed to be idlers being disfavored in aid distribution as compared to those deemed "conscientiously working collective farmers"; in this vein, Olga Andriewsky states that Soviet archives indicate that aid in Ukraine was primarily distributed to preserve the collective farm system and only the most productive workers were prioritized for receiving it.
This viewpoint is advocated by Michael Ellman to have shaped official policy during the famine, with those deemed to be idlers being less favored in aid distribution compared to those deemed "conscientiously working collective farmers"; in a similar vein, Olga Andriewsky states that Soviet archives suggest that aid in Ukraine was primarily distributed to preserve the collective farm system and only the most productive workers were prioritized for receiving it.