Reliability and Adequacy of Farm Wage Rate Data

R. F. Hale and R. L Gastineau

No 341157, Analysis from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Partial contents: History of the wage rate series --- The present method of collection --- Weighting and averaging wage rate data --- Reliability of reported wage rates --- Cash wage rates versus real wages --- Farm wage rates, without board, adjusted for changes in rural living costs (fig.1) --- Exhibit A: Excerpt from the March 1935 issue of Crop and Markets showing piece-work wage rates and related data --- Exhibit E: U.S. farm employment release, Nov. 15, 1939 --- Exhibit F: Facsimile of October 1939 General Schedule (Illustrating type of question used to collect farm labor data) --- Exhibit G: Facsimile of November 1, 1939 Cotton Schedule (Illustrating type of question used to collect data on cotton-picking rates).

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 86
Date: 1940-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.341157

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