Agricultural Unskilled Labor Mobility: Does It Matter?

Mustafa Acar ()
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Mustafa Acar: Kýrýkkale University, Postal: Kýrýkkale University, Department of Economics,, Kýrýkkale, Turkey.

Journal of Economic Integration, 2003, vol. 18, 164-187

Abstract:

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.

Keywords: Labor mobility; Agriculture; Regional integration; General equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D58 F02 J43 J60 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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