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Worker and Firm Determinants of Piece Rate Variation in an Agricultural Labor Market

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Constance Newman (World Bank)
Lovell Jarvis (University of California, Davis)
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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis in its series Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis, Working Paper Series with number 1037.

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Keywords: Piece work agricultural labor wages table grapes packing houses Chile

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  1. Jarvis, Lovell & Vera-Toscano, Esperanza, 2004. "The impact of Chilean fruit sector development on female employment and household income," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3263, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  2. Lovell Jarvis & Esperanza Vera-Toscana, 2002. "Seasonal Adjustment in a Market for Female Agricultural Workers in Chile," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis, Working Paper Series 1047, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
  3. Lovell Jarvis & Esperanza Vera-Toscano, 2004. "The Impact of Chilean Fruit Sector Development on Female Employment and Household Income," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis, Working Paper Series 1049, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
  4. Seguino, Stephanie & Grown, Caren, 2006. "Gender equity and globalization: Macroeconomic policy for developing countries," MPRA Paper 6540, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
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