Mechanization in sugarcane production and other agricultural activities: An econometric analysis of employment and income

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dc.contributor.authorFerraz, Diogo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDe Oliveira, Fabíola Cristina Ribeiro
dc.contributor.authorDo Nascimento Rebelatto, Daisy Aparecida
dc.contributor.authorPyka, Andreas
dc.contributor.institutionLehrstuhls für Innovationsökonomik
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto - UFOP
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionPontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas - PUC
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:48:51Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:48:51Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-01
dc.description.abstractSeveral studies argue that agricultural mechanization has reduced employment and wages. However, there is a lack of studies analyzing employment and income over time, especially comparing the agricultural activities. Our major argument is the structural change in the employment - from un-skilled to skilled workers which has to be understood because of the overall decrease in the number of jobs. This study aims to analyze the labor market evolution in sugarcane farming and other agricultural activities, from 1992 to 2015. Using the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD/IBGE), we compared sugarcane and other Brazilian crops using econometrics techniques. We analyzed the Heckman's procedure and models with fixed effects panel data, controlling the unobservable characteristics of workers. Methodologically, our equations show convergence, since the Heckman procedure and pooled regression present similar estimates. We showed that fixedeffect regression captures the same trends of Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique, using the Heckman method. Our main findings suggest that the wage of sugarcane workers is higher than wages in other crops, even after we control the observable and regional characteristics. This finding is important because the sugarcane sector has faced criticism regarding the low level of employment and income due to the mechanization process. Finally, we pointed out the decrease in unskilled jobs in sugarcane, which demands for policy intervention to improve the human capital in the sugarcane sector.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversität Hohenheim Lehrstuhls für Innovationsökonomik
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de Ouro Preto - UFOP Departamento de Economia (DEECO), MG
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP Departamento de Engenharia de Produção, SP
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade de São Paulo - USP Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - ESALQ, SP
dc.description.affiliationPontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas - PUC, SP
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade de São Paulo - USP Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos - EESC Departamento de Engenharia de Produção, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP Departamento de Engenharia de Produção, SP
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9649-2021v28e5768
dc.identifier.citationGestao e Producao, v. 28, n. 4, 2021.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/1806-9649-2021v28e5768
dc.identifier.issn1806-9649
dc.identifier.issn0104-530X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85122038006
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/223133
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGestao e Producao
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAgriculture
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectEconometrics
dc.subjectHeckman's Model
dc.subjectSugarcane sector
dc.titleMechanization in sugarcane production and other agricultural activities: An econometric analysis of employment and incomeen
dc.titleMecanização na produção de cana-de-açúcar e outras atividades agrícolas: uma análise econométrica do emprego e da rendapt
dc.typeArtigo

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