Labor Pains: Valuing Seasonal versus Year-Round Labor on Organic Farms
Although organic farm activities seem to demand year-round employees, seasonal workers dominate the organic labor market. We use the elasticity of complementarity to assess input substitutability and predict adjustments. Farm size and farm workers are complementary inputs. Incentives that encourage...
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| Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
2009-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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| Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/54549 |