Structural Transformation and the Agricultural Wage Gap /

A key feature of developing economies is that wages in agriculture are significantly below those of other sectors. Using Brazilian household surveys and administrative panel data, I use information on workers who switch sectors to decompose the drivers of this gap. I find that most of the gap is exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alvarez, Jorge
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/289
Online Access:Full text available on IMF