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A study of demand and supply relationships in the agricultural labor market

Creator:

Vathana, Chamnong

Abstract:

The objective of the study is to analyze empirically the demand for hired farm labor and the elasticities of substitution of capital for labor in the U.S., the Middle Atlantic region, the Pacific region, and in the states of California and Oregon. The data period 1941-1969 was analyzed for the...

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Masters Thesis

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allocation of agricultural income finding that for United States agriculture as a whole during 1910-14 to
Factors affecting farmworkers' injuries due to use of pesticides in the United States and their relation to reentry time intervals

Creator:

Nemati, Gholam Reza

Abstract:

More than 2.3 billion pounds of pesticides with a value of $4.1 billions are applied by farmworkers to agricultural crops each year. These chemicals applied to farm lands lead not only to acute and chronic health effects, they also enter the groundwater and food chain of populations. In recent years...

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Masters Thesis

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pesticides in the United States and their relation to reentry time intervals AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF