Essays on the search and matching of economic agents in labor and transportation markets

Thesis

Chapter 1 - The Agricultural Exodus in the Philippines: Are Wage Differentials Driving the Process?

Abstract: Lagging labor reallocations outside agriculture amid sustained low agricultural productivity have been a key feature in the Philippines over the past 15 years. An analysis of the labor adjustments in and out of agriculture shows that a variety of factors have influenced this process. We find that the widening of wage differentials with non-agricultural sectors, improvements...

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Authors: Li, Y

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Labor Market; Search and Matching; Transportation
• Subjects: Economics