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Agricultural Wages And Food Prices In Egypt: A Governorate-Level Analysis For 1976-1993

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  • Datt, Gaurav
  • Olmsted, Jennifer

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The trend in real agricultural wages in Egypt is described well by an inverted U-shaped curve with a peak around 1985. But the rise and fall of real wages masks a complex dynamic process by which nominal wages adjust in response to changes in food prices. We use governorate-level panel data for 1976–1993 to explore the nature of this adjustment process. Our results indicate that nominal wages adjust slowly. There is a significant negative initial impact of rising food prices on real wages, though wages do catch up in the long run.

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  • Datt, Gaurav & Olmsted, Jennifer, 1995. "Agricultural Wages And Food Prices In Egypt: A Governorate-Level Analysis For 1976-1993," FCND Discussion Papers 94859, CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:fcnddp:94859
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.94859
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