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| Donnellan, Trevor; Hanrahan, Kevin F.; Hennessy, Thia C.. |
| This paper describes a conceptual framework for the empirical analysis of farmers’ labour allocation decisions. The paper presents a brief overview of previous farm household labour allocation studies. Following this, the agricultural household model, developed by Singh, Squire and Strauss (1986), which has been frequently applied to the study of labour allocation, is described in more depth. The agricultural household model, the theoretical model to be used in this analysis, is based on the premise that farmers behave to maximise utility, which is a function of consumption and leisure. It follows that consumption is bound by a budget constraint and leisure by a time constraint. The theoretical model can then be used to explain how farmers decide to... |
| Tipo: Working Paper |
Palavras-chave: Labour markets; Institutional framework; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123280 |
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| Sharif, Najma R.; Dar, Atul A.. |
| Most studies of wage differentials explain such differentials in terms of factors like gender, race, and human capital. But systematic gaps in earnings can arise even among homogenous individuals as a result of asymmetric employer and worker information gaps, thereby reflecting labour market inefficiency. This paper estimates these gaps in terms of wage differentials across various population groups in Canada. We examine 21 populations groups, which include a number of immigrant groups as well. Information gaps are likely to be important in the context of immigrants, especially those new to Canadian labour markets. Our special interest is not only to compare information gaps of immigrant and other population groups, but also to assess whether (and how)... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Labour markets; Information gaps; Wages; Labor and Human Capital; J31; J61; J64. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50162 |
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