PRODUCTION IMPACT OF LABOR OUTMIGRATION ON AGRARIAN ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF CORN FARMERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS IN MEXICO

Ortega-Sanchez, Ismael R.; Findeis, Jill L.

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.20663

PRODUCTION IMPACT OF LABOR OUTMIGRATION ON AGRARIAN ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF CORN FARMERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS IN MEXICO

Ortega-Sanchez, Ismael R. ; Findeis, Jill L.

Farm productivity in agrarian economies is frequently and considerably altered by the outmigration of household labor. Using household survey data we examine labor outmigration impact on corn farmers of the central and south regions of Mexico. Specifically, comparative changes in labor productivity are estimated in a sequential production technology specification with nonlinear components in the context of different agricultural environments.

Subject(s):

Labor and Human Capital

Issue Date:

2001

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.20663

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20663

PURL Identifier:

http://purl.umn.edu/20663