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Migration, crop production and non-farm labor diversification in rural Vietnam

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2019
This article examines the impacts of migration with and without remittances on crop productivity growth , crop diversification, and non-farm labor diversification of rural households in Vietnam.
D. Nguyen, U. Grote, Trung-Thanh Nguyen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A feminist political ecology of agricultural mechanization and evolving gendered on-farm labor dynamics in northern Ghana

Gender, Technology and Development, 2019
Although agricultural mechanization is central to the renewed agenda for achieving an African Green Revolution, the increased deployment of mechanized technologies has been without critical analysis of the impacts on traditional agrarian labor division ...
M. Kansanga, R. Antabe, Yujiro Sano, Sarah Mason-Renton, I. Luginaah   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How does land fragmentation affect off-farm labor supply: panel data evidence from China

Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom), 2014
This article provides a deeper theoretical understanding of the linkages between land fragmentation and off-farm labor supply in China, and investigates this relationship empirically in a more direct way than does the existing literature.
Martin Petrick, Lili Jia
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Farm Size, Farm Labor, and Off-Farm Labor: A Simultaneous Estimation

1982
A model of simultaneous determination of farm household choice variables of farm and off-farm labor, land input, and livestock enterprise is developed and estimated. Simultaneity is shown to exist in these variables and the effects are asymmetric. Wage and income effects are shown to depend heavily on the households view of comparative advantage in ...
Huffman, Wallace E., Lange, Mark D., Huffman, Wallace E., Lange, Mark D.   +3 more
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Agricultural productivity, shadow wages and off-farm labor decisions in Nicaragua

Economic Systems, 2019
The objective of this study is to analyze the decision to work off-farm by male and female farmers in Nicaragua using a three-year unbalanced panel dataset. Shadow income and shadow wages are also estimated.
A. Almeida, B. Bravo-Ureta
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forced off the farm? Farmers’ labor allocation response to land requisition in China

, 2020
Land requisition has been an important way for local Chinese governments to generate revenue and promote urbanization, but little is known how the land-losing farmers cope. This study investigates the impact of land requisition on farmers’ off-farm labor
Shuang Ma, R. Mu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Farm Labor Contractors, Turnover and the Impact of IRCA on the Farm Labor Market

1991
Employer sanctions under !RCA intended to force U.S. employers to adjust to a smaller, more legal workforce. This paper focuses on farm labor contractor activity as a vehicle to test !RCA' s effectiveness. Findings do not support the hypothesis that !RCA has suceeded in reducing the flow of new immigrants to California agriculture.
Taylor, J. Edward, Thilmany, Dawn, Taylor, J. Edward, Thilmany, Dawn   +3 more
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Earnings of Farm Labor

1937
Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Tenth Annual Meeting, Reno NV, June 24-26 ...
Orr, Alden E., Orr, Alden E.
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Farm Labor Rights

Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, 2019
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Farm Labor in England

1940
Proceedings of the Western Farm Economics Association Thirteenth Annual Meeting, Pullman, WA, July 10-12 ...
Benedict, M.R., Benedict, M.R.
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