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The human factor in Argentine agriculture

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El objetivo de este trabajo es identificar los determinantes de la reducción de uso del factor trabajo en el sector agropecuario argentino. El trabajo focaliza atención en el período 2002-2018, período comprendido entre los dos últimos Censos Nacionales Agropecuarios con resultados confiables (el CNA 2008 quedó incompleto). El trabajo pasa revista a las tendencias en cuanto a uso de trabajo y tamaño de empresa en Argentina, y presenta tres posibles hipótesis que explican los cambios observados: (a) sustitución de trabajo por capital, (b) cambio tecnológico ahorrador de mano de obra (labranza reducida y siembra directa) y (c) cambio en el tamaño de empresa y en el tipo de capital (maquinarias) utilizadas. / The objective of this paper is to identify determinants of the reductions in the use of labor observed in Argentine agriculture. The paper focuses on the 2002-2018 period, using data from the last two publications of the Censo Nacional Agropecuario (the census undertaken in 2008 is incomplete). The paper summarizes trends of labor use and firm size in Argentina, and presents three possible hypothesis accounting for observed changes: (a) capital-labor substitution, (b) labor-saving technical change (reduced and no-tillage) and (c) changes in farm size and the types of capital (machines) used.

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  • Marcos Gallacher, 2020. "The human factor in Argentine agriculture," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 746, Universidad del CEMA.
    • Handle: RePEc:cem:doctra:746
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    1. Evenson, Robert E., 1988. "Human Capital and Agricultural Productivity Change," 1988 Conference, August 24-31, 1988, Buenos Aires, Argentina 183065, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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    3. Marcos Gallacher, 2011. "Returns to Managerial Ability: Dairy Farms in Argentina," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 478, Universidad del CEMA.
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    Keywords

    trabajo en el sector agropecuario argentino; elasticidad de sustitución / labor in the Argentine agricultural sector; elasticity of substitituion;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations

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