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| Lohr, Luanne; Park, Timothy A.. |
| Although organic farm activities seem to demand year-round employees, seasonal workers dominate the organic labor market. We use the elasticity of complementarity to assess input substitutability and predict adjustments. Farm size and farm workers are complementary inputs. Incentives that encourage farmers to expand employment of year-round and seasonal workers raise the marginal product and rates of return to organic acreage in relative wage payments. A commitment to local sales reduces organic farm incomes. A shift to local sales leads to decreased use of seasonal workers but at higher wages, with smaller adjustments in the wages of year-round workers. |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Elasticity of complementarity; Labor management; Organic farming; Returns to scale; Seasonal workers; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54549 |
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| Park, Timothy A.. |
| New store formats including competition from supercenters (driven by Wal-Mart), warehouse clubs, and mass merchandisers have emerged as a major threat to traditional grocery chains. A key issue in the food retailing sector is to understand how the earnings of employees respond to the evolution of new retail store formats and store organizational characteristics. The elasticity of complementarity for food retailers measures how changes in store size affect use of full-time and part-time employees. The evidence for constant returns to scale suggests that the Hicks elasticity of complementarity is the appropriate measure to assess input substitutability for food retailers. As store size increases the marginal value of labor rises and firms hire more... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Elasticity of complementarity; Employee compensation; Food retailing; Inverse price elasticities; Agribusiness; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9939 |
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