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View article: Quantitative Comparison of Ad‐Valorem Equivalents for Non‐Tariff Trade Measures: <scp>WTO</scp> Versus <scp>TRAINS</scp>
Quantitative Comparison of Ad‐Valorem Equivalents for Non‐Tariff Trade Measures: <span>WTO</span> Versus <span>TRAINS</span> Open
Non‐tariff measures (NTMs) play a growing role in trade policy. Economists quantify NTMs by calculating their Ad Valorem Equivalents (AVE), typically employing one of two global NTM datasets: TRAINS from UNCTAD or WTO notifications. While …
View article: Economic viability of robotic fruit harvesters to reduce large seasonal labor demands: Analysis of Gala and Honeycrisp apples
Economic viability of robotic fruit harvesters to reduce large seasonal labor demands: Analysis of Gala and Honeycrisp apples Open
Fruit harvesting is labor intensive and relies heavily on a decreasing immigrant farm labor supply. This study develops a model to compare robotic and manual apple‐harvesting profits. Given the anticipated performance of robotic prototypes…
View article: The Farm Workforce Modernization Act and warnings from previous immigration reforms
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act and warnings from previous immigration reforms Open
Immigrants are vital to agricultural production in the United States, and nearly half the crop workforce is unauthorized. Previous attempts to reform the immigration system have not successfully legalized the farm workforce or caused subst…
View article: Housing booms and H‐2A agricultural guest worker employment
Housing booms and H‐2A agricultural guest worker employment Open
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in American Journal of Agricultural Economics following peer review. The version of record [Housing booms and H‐2A agricultural guest worker employment. A…
View article: Seasonal agricultural activity and crime
Seasonal agricultural activity and crime Open
Sudden shocks to labor demand have sometimes been shown to increase local crime rates. We build on this literature by estimating the causal effect of labor‐intensive seasonal agricultural activity on crime. We analyze a unique data set tha…
View article: Seasonal farm labor and <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 spread
Seasonal farm labor and <span>COVID</span>‐19 spread Open
The COVID‐19 pandemic in 2020 caused unprecedented shocks to agricultural food systems, including increased risk to worker health, labor‐related input costs, and production uncertainty. Despite employer precautions, there were numerous wor…
View article: Seasonal agricultural activity and crime
Seasonal agricultural activity and crime Open
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in American Journal of Agricultural Economics following peer review. The version of record [Seasonal agricultural activity and crime. American Journal of …
View article: Potential Impacts of a Pandemic on the US Farm Labor Market
Potential Impacts of a Pandemic on the US Farm Labor Market Open
An outbreak of COVID‐19 among farmworkers could have significant impacts on the workers, agricultural producers, and the consumers. Farmers are implementing new labor management practices to slow the spread of the virus among workers. Sinc…
View article: Rising Wages Point to a Tighter Farm Labor Market in the United States
Rising Wages Point to a Tighter Farm Labor Market in the United States Open
A recent ERS study found that labor supply in the farm sector may be tightening, evidenced by rising farm wages relative to the nonfarm wages and other factors.
View article: Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?
Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields? Open
The farm labor supply from rural Mexico is decreasing, and household survey data from rural Mexico suggest that real U.S. farm wages would have to rise by more than 10% over 10 years to keep the U.S. farm labor supply constant. Labor-savin…
View article: Innovations for a Shrinking Agricultural Workforce
Innovations for a Shrinking Agricultural Workforce Open
We analyze the adoption of labor-saving technologies in the agricultural industry. Investment in new technologies should plan for a smaller, more educated workforce because the U.S. farm sector faces a long-term decline in labor supply and…
View article: Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture
Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture Open
The U.S. farm labor market shows many signs of tightening, including producer reports of labor shortages, increases in farm wages, more employment of guest workers through the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Program, and a shrinking supply of …