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A Malthusian Model for all Seasons: A Theoretical Approach to Labour Input and Labour Surplus in Traditional Agriculture [PDF]

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It has become popular to argue (e.g. Clark 2007) that all societies were Malthusian until about 1800. At the same time, the phenomenon of surplus labour is well-documented for historical (as well as modern) pre-industrial societies.
Jacob Weisdorf, Paul Sharp
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A NONLINEAR GROWTH MODEL OF PRODUCTIVITY IN AGRICULTURE EU

open access: yesEkonomika Poljoprivrede (1979), 2006
The basic aims of this paper are: firstly, to set up a nonlinear labour productivity growth model; and secondly, and secondly, to analyze the local stability of of labour productivity in agriculture according to the presented logistic growth model in ...
Vesna D. Jablanovic
doaj  

Effect of risk and incentives on contracts: The case of farm operators in Iowa

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Longitudinal data on Iowa landowner–operator contracts are used to examine how the mean, variance, and skewness of expected farmland returns affected contract terms from 2008 to 2019. To control for unobserved operator risk preferences and ability as a fixed effect, the sample includes operators with multiple contracts.
Jun Yeong Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of foreign-owned firms in British manufacturing [PDF]

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This paper describes the characteristics of manufacturing establishments in Britain over the period 1980 to 1996. Particular attention is paid to differences between plants of different ownership nationality. The findings suggest that establishments that
Helen Simpson, Rachel Griffith
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Relative cost of ginning cotton using saw, conventional roller, and high‐speed roller gins in the United States

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract The primary objective of this study was to investigate whether the cost of processing cotton using high‐speed roller gins is comparable to saw gins. The results from a “true” random effect model estimated using proprietary data voluntarily shared by cotton gins operating in Arizona and California showed that the average cost inefficiency for ...
Ram N. Acharya   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour Productivity in Iran [PDF]

open access: yes
This study presents a model capturing sources of Iranian aggregate labour productivity using annual time series data from 1960 to 2002. Labour productivity in this model is determined by real net capital stock, information technology and ...
Valadkhani, Abbas
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Culture and labour productivity: An empirical investigation

open access: yesEconomic Modelling, 2020
Dimitrios Bakas, P. Kostis, P. Petrakis
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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