An empirical investigation of short and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana

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dc.creatorAbdulai, Awudu
dc.creatorDelgado, Christopher L.
dc.date1999
dc.date2024-11-21T09:54:35Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:54:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:41:38Z
dc.descriptionThis paper investigates empirically the factors that influence real agricultural wage rates in Ghana, based on 1957 to 1991 data. The Johansen cointegration framework is used to examine long-run relationships among agricultural and urban wage rates, the domestic terms of trade between agriculture and non-agriculture, urban unemployment, capital stock in agriculture and the size of the rural population. An error correction model is then used to investigate short-run dynamic relationships among the variables. The results show that: (1) there is only one stable equilibrium relationship among agricultural wage rates and their determinants in the long-run; (2) a 1 percent change in the domestic terms of trade between agriculture and non-agriculture leads to a 0.48 percent change in the real agricultural wage rate in the short-run and a 0.83 percent change in the long run; (3) the analysis suggests a one-time and one way upwards structural shift of 3.6 percent in real agricultural wages during the 1980s.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161273
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/111929
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAbdulai, Awudu; Delgado, Christopher L. 1999. An empirical investigation of short and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana. MTID Discussion Paper 37. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161273
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.titleAn empirical investigation of short and long-run agricultural wage formation in Ghana
dc.typeWorking Paper

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