What explains wage gaps between farm and city? Exploring the Todaro model with American evidence, 1890-1941

Article Abstract:

Wage gaps between farm and city employments fluctuated sharply from 1890 to 1941. Using the Todaro model, labor mobility and income elasticities in urban and rural areas are shown to have influenced these wage ratio movements. Decreased farm prices and an over-supply of labor led to lower agricultural wages during the 1890s and the Depression of the late 1920s. Urban real-wage shocks further widened the wage gaps as demand for labor decreased.

Research, History, United States economic conditions, Wages, Wages and salaries, Rural-urban migration, Rural urban migration, Regional disparities (Economics), Farm income

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The impact of income growth on farm household nutrient intake: a case study of a prosperous rural area in Northern China

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The relationship between per capita income growth and the nutrient intake of rural households in Northern China was examined based on econometric estimates of food and nutrient-intake elasticities. Results revealed that, similar to other developing countries, food-demand elasticities decline as the income of low-income households increase. Grain consumption also decreases in favor of more expensive foods, such as meat.

Food and nutrition, Food habits, Chinese, Chinese (Asian people), Income distribution, Rural families

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Land tenure, farm size, and rural market participation in developing countries: the case of the Tunisian olive sector

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The marketplace must offer an opportunity for Tunisian peasants to improve their economic conditions. By understanding the constraints on market participation the government can form a policy in which effective strategies for development are implemented. Lack of participation in the past has included high transaction costs such as transportation, monopoly power and peasants' aversion to risk.

Management, Tunisia, Economic policy, Capitalism, Peasantry, Peasant culture

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