The structure of wages and benefits in the U.S. pork industry

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 144-163

  Hurley, Terrance M ^a   Kliebenstein, James ^a   Orazem, Peter F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Benefits; Compensation; Earnings functions; Hog production; Technology; Wages

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LIVESTOCK FARMING; WAGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032793547     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244457     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Becker, G.S. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education, 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
2. Brown, C., and J. Medoff. "The Employer Size-Wage Effect." J. Polit. Econ. 97(October 1989):1027-59.
3. Good, K., C. Hurt, K. Foster, J. Kadlec, and K. Zering. "Comparative Costs of Hog Production in the Midwest and North Carolina." Paper presented at the Pork Global Competitiveness Seminar, St. Louis MO, 9 January 1995.
4. Greene, W.H. Econometric Analysis. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1990.
5. Gunderson, M. "Male-Female Wage Differentials and Policy Responses." J. Econ. Lit. 27(March 1989):46-72.
6. Hurley, T.M., P.F. Orazem, and J.B. Kliebenstein. "An Analysis of Occupational Health in Pork Production." Working paper, Dept. of Econ., Iowa State University, 1996a.
7. _. "Workforce Expanding with Industry." National Hog Farmer Employee Management: Final Report, pp. 19-31, 1996.
8. Hurt, C. "Summary and Conclusions." Positioning Your Pork Operation for the 21st Century. L. Hoelscher, ed., pp. 183-93. West Lafayette IN: Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
9. Miller, D. "Survey Reveals Employee Trends." National Hog Farmer Employee Management: Final Report, pp. 3-17, 1996.
10. Mincer, J. Schooling, Experience and Earnings. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research, 1974.
11. Rhodes, V.J. "The Industrialization of Hog Production." Rev. Agr. Econ. 17(1995):107-18.
12. Singleton, W., and A. Schinckel. "Artificial Insemination and Genetics." Positioning Your Pork Operation for the 21st Century. L. Hoelscher, ed., pp. 111-22. West Lafayette IN: Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
13. Stigler, G.J. "The Economics of Scale." J. Law and Econ. 65(October 1958):54-71.
14. Topel, R. "Specific Capital, Mobility and Wages: Wage Rise with Job Seniority." J. Polit. Econ. 99(February 1991):145-76.
15. Willis, R.J. "Wage Determinants: A Survey and Reinterpretation of Human Capital Earnings Functions." Handbook of Labor Economics. O. Ashenfelter and R. Layard, eds. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1986.