The supply of labor in agriculture and food prices: The cases of Japan and Egypt
| Autor: | David Sivan, Richard Grabowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
Economics and Econometrics
Labour economics Food security Sociology and Political Science Relative scarcity business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Ceteris paribus Geography Planning and Development Less-Developed Nations Food prices Wage Development Agriculture Economics Food systems business media_common |
| Zdroj: | World Development. 14:441-447 |
| ISSN: | 0305-750X |
| Popis: | It is hypothesized in this paper that as the relative cost of food increases, labor supply in agriculture declines and, ceteris paribus , the real wage in agriculture will increase. This hypothesis was tested by using data drawn from Japan for the period 1885 to 1920 and Egypt for the period 1950 to 1974. The results of the empirical analysis confirmed the hypothesis. Thus, recent activities by farmers in labor-abundant less developed nations to mechanize their operations may be partly due to increased labor costs, rising real wage, brought about by the relative scarcity of food. |
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