Labor Substitutability in Labor Intensive Agriculture and Technological Change in the Presence of Foreign Labor

Orachos Napasintuwong and Robert D. Emerson

No 15649, Working Papers from University of Florida, International Agricultural Trade and Policy Center

Abstract: The Morishima elasticity of substitution (MES) is estimated to address factor substitutability in Florida agriculture during 1960-1999. By adopting a profit maximization model of induced innovation theory, the MES's between hired and self-employed labor and the MES's between labor and capital provide implications for future immigration policies.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2005
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Working Paper: LABOR SUBSTITUTABILITY IN LABOR INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN LABOR (2004)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.15649

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