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World Development, 2022 Highlights • A conceptual framework linking constraints on women’s time and the quantity and quality of labor available for their farms.• Patterns of women’s time use are rooted in common expectations regarding gender roles and responsibilities.• Time ...
Rachael S. Pierotti +2 more
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Pay method affects vineyard pruner performance
California Agriculture, 1992 A new study indicates that vineyard pruners paid on a piece-rate basis tend to work more quickly than those paid by the hour. Pay method had little effect on pruning quality as perceived by growers, although crews paid by the hour did ...
Gregory E. Billikopf, Maxwell Norton
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Income Targeting and Farm Labor Supply
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2020 There is considerable anecdotal evidence that farm workers who are paid by piece rate tend to “income target,” or work only until they achieve a certain amount of daily income, and then stop work.
Timothy J. Richards
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Farm Size and Productivity: The Role of Family Labor
Economic development and cultural change, 2022 We draw a theoretical model to demonstrate that small farms achieve lower total factor productivity (TFP) compared with large farms, even though the yield of small farms may be higher. We argue that taking into account family labor modifies the farm size-
Muhammad Ayaz, Mazhar Mughal
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Workers prefer growers over FLCs
California Agriculture, 1997 Given a choice, crew workers overwhelmingly prefer working for a grower rather than for a farm labor contractor. FLCs generally have a couple of advantages over growers including less of a language barrier and the potential for ...
Gregory Encina Billikopf
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EDIS, 2003 The purpose of migrant farm labor camp regulations is to provide federal standards for employer or farm labor contractor-provided housing for migrant farmworkers.
Leo C. Polopolus +3 more
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Implications of Water Scarcity for Water Productivity and Farm Labor
, 2020 Increasing water scarcity causes a variety of pressures on agricultural production given current and growing food demands. This paper seeks to add to our understanding of water scarcity adaptations by explicitly addressing linkages between water scarcity,
James F. Booker, W. Trees
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Measuring Farm Labor: Survey Experimental Evidence from Ghana
World Bank Economic Review, 2019 This study examines recall bias in farm labor through a randomized survey experiment in Ghana, comparing farm labor estimates from an end-of-season recall survey with data collected weekly throughout the agricultural season. Recall households report 10
I. Gaddis +3 more
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Rural Roads, Farm Labor Exits, and Crop Fires
American Economic Journal: Economic PolicyEven as policymakers seek to encourage economic development by addressing misallocation due to frictions in labor markets, the associated production externalities—such as air pollution—remain unexplored.
Teevrat Garg, M. Jagnani, H. Pullabhotla
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Immigration Reform and Farm Labor Markets
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018 &NA; Farmers throughout the United States report a shortage of workers. At the same time, there are proposals to strengthen the enforcement of existing immigration laws.
Timothy J. Richards
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