Long-Term Trends and Policy Challenges in Chilean Agricultural Labor Markets
Abstract This paper identifies the major long-term trends in agricultural labor markets in Chile. The document shows the increasing aging, feminization, and seasonality of the agricultural labor force. Long-term projections are made regarding the evolution of labor supply and demand based on demographic and economic trends. These projections suggest the continuation of the already existing trends of a decreasing supply of labor and an increasing demand for agricultural labor, mostly driven by the substitution of crops into labor-intensive but higher-value export crops. Hence, the paper predicts a continuation of the trend of rapidly increasing labor costs in agriculture. The paper discusses the challenges imposed on farmers and policy-makers of confronting these rapidly growing labor costs by continually raising farm labor productivity.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
2021
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2452-57312021000300210 |
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