NOTE: This is a description of the paper and is not the actual abstract. A condition formulated by Deardorff (1994) generalizes the "diversification cone" concept from the standard 2x2x2 Hecksher-Ohlin model to the general case of many goods, countries and factors. He shows that this condition...

This study examines convergence in real wages for hired farm labor in the U.S. agricultural sector over the period 1978-92, using the 'average farm' in each county as an observation. Convergence is investigated at the aggregate (or the entire U.S. level)and regional levels. Evidence supports...