Labor Substitutability in Labor Intensive Agriculture and Technological Change in the Presence of Foreign Labor
Napasintuwong, Orachos; Emerson, Robert D.
2005

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Abstract

The Morishima elasticity of substitution (MES) is estimated to address factor substitutability in Florida agriculture during 1960-1999. By adopting a profit maximization model of induced innovation theory, the MES's between hired and self-employed labor and the MES's between labor and capital provide implications for future immigration policies.

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Title Labor Substitutability in Labor Intensive Agriculture and Technological Change in the Presence of Foreign Labor
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Author(s) Napasintuwong, Orachos
Emerson, Robert D.
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Issue Date 2005
Publication Type Working or Discussion Paper
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.15649
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/15649
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/15649
Language English
Total Pages 28
JEL Codes Q160
J430
O300
Series Statement Working Paper WPTC 05-01
Record Appears in University of Florida > International Agricultural Trade and Policy Center > Working Papers

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