Agricultural wages and food prices in Egypt: a governorate-level analysis for 1976-1993

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cg.coverage.countryEgypt
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2EG
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionMiddle East
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.number53en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorDatt, Gauraven
dc.contributor.authorOlmsted, Jenniferen
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:54:09Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:54:09Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161208
dc.titleAgricultural wages and food prices in Egypt: a governorate-level analysis for 1976-1993en
dcterms.abstractThe trend in real agricultural wages in Egypt is described well by an inverted U-shaped curve with a peak around 1985. But the rise and fall of real wages masks a complex dynamic process by which nominal wages adjust in response to changes in food prices. We use governorate-level panel data for 1976–1993 to explore the nature of this adjustment process. Our results indicate that nominal wages adjust slowly. There is a significant negative initial impact of rising food prices on real wages, though wages do catch up in the long run.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDatt, Gaurav; Olmsted, Jennifer. 1998. Agricultural wages and food prices in Egypt;a governorate-level analysis for 1976-1993. FCND Discussion Paper 53. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161208en
dcterms.extent62 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfFCND Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued1998
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/125668en
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjectagricultural economicsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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