Moretti, Enrico; Perloff, Jeffrey M. - In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84 (2002) 4, pp. 1144-1155
Empirical evidence from agricultural labor markets is consistent with efficiency-wage theory and inconsistent with several alternative explanations. According to this theory, the higher wage or deferred payment (benefits) that direct-hire growers pay relative to that of farm labor contractors is...
