Modelling rural labor: an application to São Paulo, Brazil

The question of modelling rural labor is discussed and a seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) model is suggested. An application is presented analyzing three labor categories in the State of São Paulo, Brazil; farmer' s family workers, permanent workers and temporary workers. A significant Bre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pino, Francisco Alberto, Francisco, Vera Lúcia Ferraz dos Santos, Margarido, Mário Antonio, Vicente, Maria Carlota Meloni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Economia Aplicada
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/219906
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/219906
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:rural labor
technology
seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR)
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Sumario:The question of modelling rural labor is discussed and a seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) model is suggested. An application is presented analyzing three labor categories in the State of São Paulo, Brazil; farmer' s family workers, permanent workers and temporary workers. A significant Breusch-Pagan test indicates the need of SUR.