Determinants of agricultural labor wage in Jordan: A comparative study of expatriate versus local labor

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 405-411

  Hani, Abderrzaq Bani ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

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EID: 0006216324     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/452220     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. A. Bani-Hani and A. Shamia, "The Economics - Production and Consumption - of Wheat in Jordan: An Econometric Study," Mu'tah Journal for Research and Studies 4, no. 2 (1989): 113-38.
2. Quoted from George Psacharopoulos, "Education and Development: A Review," World Bank Research Observer 3, no. 1 (1988): 99-116.
3. M. Lockheed, D. Jamison, and L. Lau, "Farmer Education and Farm Efficiency: A Survey," Economic Development and Cultural Change 29, no. 1 (October 1980): 37-76.
4. A. Bani-Hani and M. Rawabdeh, "The Effect of Workers' and Employers' Education on Productivity," Dirasat 16, no. 1 (1989): 170-94; J. Van der Gaag and W. Vijverberg, "Wage Determinants in Côte d'Ivoire: Experience, Credentials, and Human Capital," Economic Development and Cultural Change 37, no. 2 (1989): 371-81.
5. A. Bani-Hani and M. Rawabdeh, "The Effect of Workers' and Employers' Education on Productivity," Dirasat 16, no. 1 (1989): 170-94; J. Van der Gaag and W. Vijverberg, "Wage Determinants in Côte d'Ivoire: Experience, Credentials, and Human Capital," Economic Development and Cultural Change 37, no. 2 (1989): 371-81.
6. Inspection and interviews were conducted during the period September 1992-March 1993.
7. The results are very close to those obtained by other authors; see n. 4, e.g.
8. j= 1 if the worker is a Jordanian).
9. There were some attempts by two consecutive governments in Jordan to force firms to replace expatriate workers with local workers.