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Should agricultural employment in transition economies be encouraged?

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  • Zvi Lerman

    (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

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The increase in agricultural employment in Central Asia and Trans-Caucasus over the last two decades has had a detrimental effect on agricultural labor productivity and rural family incomes. Transition countries in the former USSR cannot, however, encourage exits from agriculture (as, for instance, in east Germany or the Czech Republic) due to the risk of mass rural–urban migration, which may exacerbate growing urban unemployment. With large rural populations, state budgets would be unable to deal with a new wave of unemployed in urban areas.

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  • Zvi Lerman, 2017. "Should agricultural employment in transition economies be encouraged?," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 328-328, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:y:2017:n:328
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    agricultural labor; self-employment in agriculture; rural entrepreneurship; individualization of agriculture;
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    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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