Agricultural Unskilled Labor Mobility

• 영문명: Agricultural Unskilled Labor Mobility: Does It Matter?
• 발행기관: 세종대학교 경제통합연구소
• 저자명: Mustafa ACAR
• 간행물 정보: 『Journal of Economic Integration』제18권 제1호, 164~187쪽, 전체 24쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경제학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.03.31

영문 초록

Labor mobility is an important issue in quantitative economic analyses due to its possible implications for the sectoral reallocation of factors of production, output response, prices, and wages. This paper investigates the issue of agricultural unskilled labor mobility from both modeling and empirical perspectives. After discussing the issue from a theoretical perspective, I look into the empirical implications of treating agricultural unskilled labor less than mobile in the context of Turkey-EU agricultural integration. The results indicate that degree of mobility of the agricultural unskilled labor matters. It has certain implications on sectoral reallocations, and accordingly factor returns. The higher the degree of unskilled labor mobility between farm and non-farm sectors, the higher the output response, and the lower the real earnings of unskilled labor in agriculture.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Modeling Agricultural Unskilled Labor Mobility

Ⅲ. Data, Calibration and Experimental Design

Ⅳ. Empirical Implications: Simulation Results

Ⅴ. Summary and Conclusions

키워드

Labor mobility Agriculture Regional integration General equilibrium