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Production Impact Of Labor Outmigration On Agrarian Economies: The Case Of Corn Farmers In Central And Southern Areas In Mexico

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  • Ortega-Sanchez, Ismael R.
  • Findeis, Jill L.

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Farm productivity in agrarian economies is frequently and considerably altered by the outmigration of household labor. Using household survey data we examine labor outmigration impact on corn farmers of the central and south regions of Mexico. Specifically, comparative changes in labor productivity are estimated in a sequential production technology specification with nonlinear components in the context of different agricultural environments.

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  • Ortega-Sanchez, Ismael R. & Findeis, Jill L., 2001. "Production Impact Of Labor Outmigration On Agrarian Economies: The Case Of Corn Farmers In Central And Southern Areas In Mexico," 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL 20663, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea01:20663
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20663
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    1. Eswaran, Mukesh & Kotwal, Ashok, 1986. "Access to Capital and Agrarian Production Organisation," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 96(382), pages 482-498, June.
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    2. Findeis, Jill L. & Swaminathan, Hema & Jayaraman, Anuja, 2003. "Agricultural Household-Firm Units: Adjustments to Change," Policy Reform and Adjustment Workshop, October 23-25, 2003, Imperial College London, Wye Campus 15738, International Agricultural Policy Reform and Adjustment Project (IAPRAP).

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