This Research Report, the first in in the series "Expanding social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Identifying key constraints and discussing policy options", focuses on exploring the most adequate social insurance benefits and features capable of...

This Research Report, the second in the series "Expanding Social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): identifying key constraints and discussing policy options", focuses on the financial barriers to expand social insurance for agricultural workers.

The third and final Research Report in the series "Expanding Social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): identifying key constraints and discussing policy options" focuses on understanding the administrative barriers and capacity constraints that may hinder...

This study analyzes the conditions that migrant farmworkers in Canada endured prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 2020-March 2022). It draws on policy analysis and open-ended interviews with workers in Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), as well as non-status...

The article compares the two largest raw cotton regions in Brazil between the 1750s and 1810s. Through the analysis of new series of cotton exports and parish records, we argue that the high pattern of slave ownership, together with the organization of labor and specialization in cotton, made...

The Affordable Care Act substantially increased the share of farmworkers with medical insurance, but it had little effect on employer-provided benefits, including healthcare insurance. Eligible workers with pre-existing health conditions consumed substantially more medical services, unlike those...

We use individual-level data on all security trades, holdings, spending, and income from an online retail bank. We study the effects of an exogenous change in the displayed purchase prices of the mutual funds in individuals’ portfolios. We find that individuals are more likely to sell what we...

Historically, pandemics lead to labor shortages, and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-21 proved to be no different. While there are many explanations for supply-chain issues reported in a number of industries, the proximate cause for ongoing problems in producing, processing, and delivering food to...

Studies on avoidance behaviors in response to air pollution, particularly for low-income groups in developing countries, are relatively sparse. This study attempted to analyze the link between air pollution and farmer labor supply in China and further examined the labor relocation effect. The...

A distinctive feature of Greek agriculture is its important position in the economy and society. Depending on the state of the national economy, and especially in times of economic recession, different population groups may consider agriculture as either a "sector of departure" or a "sector of...

Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts resulting from lower precipitation using unique individual-level panel data for agricultural households in India over half a...

Agricultural workers are exposed to many risks during their life cycle and are particularly vulnerable to covariate risks, such as droughts, armed conflict and pandemics. Despite the great potential of social protection policies to protect this segment of the population, agricultural workers are...

The approach regarding the efficiency of the labor force in agriculture, but also from the perspective of labor productivity in this sector, is determined by the economic activities for the development of the national economy. This paper is based on the comparative analysis of statistical data...

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, there were various impacts on global food supply chains, including on food systems workers. Media reports documented COVID-19 outbreaks among food systems workers in the United States, however due to the ongoing nature of the pandemic, a...

The technological change in agriculture has made significant impacts on labour absorption, notably since green revolution. In this context the present study analyses the pattern and trend in labour absorption across major states and crops during the period of mid-1970s to 2010. The entire period...

Modern agriculture often relies on foreign workers. Critics claim that it hinders investments in labor-saving techniques, and leads to unemployment of unskilled native workers. Proponents highlight the contribution of foreign workers to growth, especially in rural areas.This paper investigates...

"The past decades have borne witness to the United Farm Workers' (UFW) tenacious hold on the country's imagination. Since 2008, the UFW has lent its rallying cry to a presidential campaign and been the subject of no less than nine books, two documentaries, and one motion picture. Yet the full...

"Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South explores how Black employees within the United States Department of Agriculture re-worked federal mandates and re-imagined federal projects to serve their own collective goals to support Black farmer survival within the Jim Crow South. Domosh focuses...

We use individual-level data on all security trades, holdings, spending, and income from an online retail bank. We study the effects of an exogenous change in the displayed purchase prices of the mutual funds in individuals' portfolios. We find that individuals are more likely to sell what we...

The objective of this paper is to identify determinants of the reductions in the use of labor observed in Argentine agriculture. The paper focuses on the 2002-2018 period, using data from the last two publications of the Censo Nacional Agropecuario (the census undertaken in 2008 is incomplete)....

We study the effects of an exogenous change in the displayed purchase prices of all mutual funds in individuals' portfolios using data on all security trades, holdings, spending, and income from an online retail bank. We find that individuals are more likely to sell what we call fictitious...

This paper empirically examines the socio-economic condition of agricultural labour households from four villages of Mahesana district of Northern Gujarat on the light of agricultural growth performance. It uses both primary and secondary data sources. It has found that the agricultural profile...

The livelihoods of the majority of the world's poor depend on agriculture. They face substantial risk from fluctuations in weather conditions. Better risk, credit and savings markets can improve productivity and welfare in rural areas but entail high administrative costs. We consider a classic...

What works to reduce child labor in agriculture? In this paper, we evaluate two randomized livelihood intervention programs, aimed to reduce child labor, particularly in its most exploitative forms, in rural areas of Peru and the Philippines. In the first randomized experiment, we evaluate a...

Farm workers in developing countries often belong to the poorest of the poor. They typically face low wages, informal working arrangements, and inadequate social protection. Written employment contracts with clearly defined rights and obligations could possibly help, but it is not clear how such...

This study aims to address a gap in existing data and literature regarding the socio-economic profile of agricultural workers within rural households. It implemented a survey collecting panel data on the full range of labor and economic activities of rural households with agricultural workers,...