Productivity growth and agricultural out-migration in the United States

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-74

  Dennis, Benjamin N ^a   Işcan, Talan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sectoral reallocation of labor; Structural change; Subsistence consumption; U.S; Wage gaps

Indexed keywords

LABOR DIVISION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; OFF-FARM EMPLOYMENT; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; WAGE GAP;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846173002     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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