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Regional Supply of Hired Labor to Agriculture

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  • Edward W. Tyrchniewicz
  • G. Edward Schuh

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The existence of a wide disparity in labor returns between the farm and nonfarm sectors and considerable variations in agricultural wage rates among regions suggest that there may be real differences in factors affecting the supply of and demand for labor among sectors and regions. A knowledge of these supply and demand structural relationships could be of use to policy makers in developing measures that will help to minimize some of these income and wage discrepancies. In this study, regional supply relations for hired agricultural labor are developed and estimated. Two hypotheses are tested: (a) that members of the hired farm labor force respond to economic stimuli with a distributed lag, and (b) that they participate in a national rather than a regional labor market. The results support both hypotheses. One of the policy implications is that programs which increase nonfarm wages are more effective in the long run in raising farm labor income than programs which raise prices of farm products.

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  • Edward W. Tyrchniewicz & G. Edward Schuh, 1966. "Regional Supply of Hired Labor to Agriculture," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 48(3_Part_I), pages 537-556.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:48:y:1966:i:3_part_i:p:537-556.
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    1. Thomas W. Hertel & Uris Lantz C. Baldos & Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, 2016. "Predicting Long-Term Food Demand, Cropland Use, and Prices," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 8(1), pages 417-441, October.
    2. Emerson, Robert D. & Walker, Thomas S. & Andrew, Christopher O., 1976. "The Market For Citrus Harvesting Labor," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 8(1), pages 1-6, July.
    3. Cowling, Keith & Metcalf, David, 1966. "Labour Mitgration from Agriculture: A Regional Econometric Analysis," Reports 232645, University of Manchester, School of Economics, Agricultural Economics Department.

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