HYSTERESIS AND THE SHORTAGE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOR
Bryant, Amy; Richards, Timothy J.
1998

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The GAO disputes growers' claims of a labor shortage, using unreliable farm employment data rather than relative wages. A shortage, implying a failure of intersectoral arbitrage, may arise due to hysteresis in labor movement. Estimates find the probability of a farm labor shortage (30%) three times that of a surplus.

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Title HYSTERESIS AND THE SHORTAGE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOR
Author(s) Bryant, Amy
Richards, Timothy J.
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Issue Date 1998
Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.20858
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/20858
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/20858
Language English
Total Pages 18
Series Statement Selected Paper
Record Appears in Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) > Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Conferences > 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT

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