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The Effect of Agricultural Subsidies on Migration and Agricultural Employment

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  • John Scott-Andretta

    (Division of Economics, CIDE)

  • Alfredo Cuecuecha

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Procampo was launched in 1994 to help the transition from low productivity activities to high productivity activities, among other policy objectives. We investigate the effects of Procampo on migration flows from Mexico to third countries (mainly the US), and the employment dynamics in the agricultural sector. Our results show that Procampo reduces the migration flows from Mexico to the US, while we find that does not benefit all agricultural job creation in Mexico. It benefits corn and beans job creation while it affects negatively job creation in other agricultural crops.

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  • John Scott-Andretta & Alfredo Cuecuecha, 2010. "The Effect of Agricultural Subsidies on Migration and Agricultural Employment," Working papers DTE 474, CIDE, División de Economía.
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    1. John Scott-Andretta, 2010. "The Incidence of Agricultural Subsidies in Mexico," Working papers DTE 473, CIDE, División de Economía.
    2. Basurto Hernandez, Saul & Maddison, David & Banerjee, Anindya, 2018. "The effect of PROCAMPO on farms’ technical efficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274376, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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    Keywords

    Agriculture; Subsidies; Migration; Employment;
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    JEL classification:

    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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