کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
987034 935067 2007 23 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Productivity growth and agricultural out-migration in the United States
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Productivity growth and agricultural out-migration in the United States
چکیده انگلیسی

In the 20th century U.S., the average annual decline in the relative farm share of employment was 3.6%. Despite this rapid reallocation of labor, a large wage gap persisted between the farm and non-farm sectors that declined only slowly over time. We develop a model of farm out-migration with three driving forces: (i) absolute farm productivity growth in conjunction with subsistence food consumption, (ii) relative farm productivity growth in conjunction with a low elasticity of substitution between farm and non-farm goods, and (iii) endogenously declining wage gaps. Quantitative features of the model accord well with the U.S. experience during this period.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics - Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 52–74
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