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U.S. Farm Wages and Labor Market Efficiency

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  • Tugrul Temel

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This study examines convergence in real wages for hired farm labor in the U.S. agricultural sector over the period 1978‐92,using the ‘average farm’ in each county as an observation. Convergence is investigated at the aggregate (or the entire U.S. level)and regional levels. Evidence supports convergence with a slower rate at the aggregate level than that at the regional level. Suggested by the evidence is the possibility that absolute benefits of wage equalization across states are ‘contagious’—that one state's successful investment raises productivity and factor payments in neighboring states and that agricultural labor markets are efficient and integrated all over the country.

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  • Tugrul Temel, 2000. "U.S. Farm Wages and Labor Market Efficiency," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(3), pages 420-437.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:growch:v:31:y:2000:i:3:p:420-437
    DOI: 10.1111/0017-4815.00136
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    1. Temel, T. & Tansel, A. & Gungor, N.D., 2005. "Convergence of Sectoral Productivity in Turkish Provinces: A Markov Chains Model," International Journal of Applied Econometrics and Quantitative Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 2(2), pages 65-84.

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