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Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?

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  • Charlton, Diane
  • Taylor, J. Edward
  • Vougioukas, Stavros
  • Rutledge, Zachariah

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The farm labor supply from rural Mexico is decreasing, and household survey data from rural Mexico suggest that real U.S. farm wages would have to rise by more than 10% over 10 years to keep the U.S. farm labor supply constant. Labor-saving practices and mechanization will be required to keep U.S. agricultural production globally competitive.

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  • Charlton, Diane & Taylor, J. Edward & Vougioukas, Stavros & Rutledge, Zachariah, 2019. "Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 34(2), May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaeach:288634
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.288634
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    1. Lee, Goeun & Beatty, Timothy, 2022. "Impacts of Wildfire Smoke on Farmworker Labor Supply," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322338, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Calvin, Linda & Martin, Philip & Simnitt, Skyler, 2022. "Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in Selected U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industries," USDA Miscellaneous 323872, United States Department of Agriculture.
    3. Marcelo Castillo & Diane Charlton, 2023. "Housing booms and H‐2A agricultural guest worker employment," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(2), pages 709-731, March.
    4. Zachariah Rutledge & Pierre Mérel, 2023. "Farm labor supply and fruit and vegetable production," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(2), pages 644-673, March.
    5. Gulnara Nigmatullina & Olga Shilkina & Elina Kipchakbaeva & Oksana Frolova & Guzel Salimova, 2022. "Providing Conditions for the Development of Small Business in the Russian Agroindustry," International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), vol. 0(2), pages 164-177.
    6. Kuan-Ming Huang & Zhengfei Guan & AbdelMalek Hammami, 2022. "The U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industry: An Overview of Production and Trade," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-20, October.
    7. Castillo, Marcelo & Charlton, Diane, 2021. "Housing Booms and H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Employment," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315322, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    8. Calvin, Linda & Martin, Philip & Simnitt, Skyler, 2022. "Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in Selected U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industries," Economic Information Bulletin 327354, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    9. Njuki, Eric, 2021. "Nonlinear weather and climate-induced effects on hired farm labor wages: Evidence from the U.S. Cornbelt," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 313959, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    10. Xiaoxue Du & Hernan Tejeda & Zhengliang Yang & Liang Lu, 2022. "A General-Equilibrium Model of Labor-Saving Technology Adoption: Theory and Evidences from Robotic Milking Systems in Idaho," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-17, June.
    11. Agnė Žičkienė & Rasa Melnikienė & Mangirdas Morkūnas & Artiom Volkov, 2022. "CAP Direct Payments and Economic Resilience of Agriculture: Impact Assessment," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-24, August.

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