The Agricultural Wage Gap: Evidence from Brazilian Micro-data
利用巴西家庭调查和行政面板数据，通过分析跨部门工人和多职工人，研究工人构成如何解释农业工资低于其他部门的现象，发现显著的部门间分类效应。
A key feature of developing economies is that wages in agriculture are below those of other sectors. Using Brazilian household surveys and administrative panel data, I use information on workers who switch sectors and workers with multiple jobs to assess the role of worker composition in explaining this gap. The evidence is consistent with the presence of significant intersector sorting in Brazil. A calibrated sorting model can account for the wage gap level observed, as well as its decline, as the economy transitioned out of agriculture.