Agricultural Productivity and the Constraints on Female Labor Supply in Turkey

Abstract

and the wage rate of hired-in labor. The result obtained is that the hypothesis cannot be supported.

How Social Customs Restrict EU Accession Effects on Female Labor Participation in Agricultural Production in Rural Adana, Turkey: A Simulation Analysis

“…This is common in other village-level CGE studies such as Dyer et al (2006) and Taylor et al (1999) . 13) In Table 5 of Maru (2010) , the t-test does not reject the null hypothesis of no differences between the marginal productivity of own farm labor and market wages at the 10％ level for either male or female members in both irrigated and rain-fed areas. 14) For a male member, a certain rate of machine operating is included in labor employment.…”

“…However, as mentioned in Section 2, the numbers of farmers managing animal husbandry and farmers where female members participate in labor were small ; therefore, we needed to adopt other methods. Maru's (2010) survey of Adana Prefecture showed that there were no significant differences between the marginal productivity of own farm labor and market wages for either male or female members. 13) Therefore, the present study assumed that the initial value of the male wage and that of the shadow price of the overall female labor supply were equal to the market wage.…”

“…The number of sampled households that keep livestock is six and the ratio of these to the total is around 18％ . According to Maru (2010) , there exists a large productivity difference between crop and livestock production in the irrigated areas of Adana, and farmers have tended to stop keeping livestock while the managed land size has increased over time. The data in this study also show a large difference in production values and this may be related to a low livestock-keeping household ratio.…”