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Table 11 Supply elasticity for pre- and post-harvest labor shock robustness results

From: Assessing post-harvest labor shortages, wages, and welfare

Pre-harvest

Supply elasticity for pre-harvest labor

Commodity

Output

Price

Pre-harvest employment

Pre-harvest

Post-harvest employment

Post-harvest wage

Labor shift in

(Percent change)

2%

2.24

Pome

1.87

2.80

1.85

2.78

2.06

2.63

 

Prunus

2.95

2.80

2.93

2.78

3.13

2.63

3.37

Pome

1.98

2.56

1.99

2.56

1.96

2.58

 

Prunus

3.21

2.56

3.21

2.56

3.18

2.58

5%

2.24

Pome

0.69

5.30

0.42

5.06

3.09

3.12

 

Prunus

0.25

5.27

0.01

5.06

2.62

3.12

3.37

Pome

0.70

5.29

0.43

5.05

3.08

3.12

 

Prunus

0.26

5.26

0.03

5.05

2.62

3.12

7%

2.24

Pome

− 0.10

6.98

− 0.53

6.59

3.78

3.45

 

Prunus

− 1.56

6.93

− 1.94

6.59

2.27

3.45

3.37

Pome

− 0.16

7.10

− 0.60

6.70

3.83

3.48

 

Prunus

− 1.69

7.05

− 2.08

6.70

2.24

3.48

11%

2.24

Pome

− 1.67

10.32

− 2.43

9.63

5.16

4.11

 

Prunus

− 5.16

10.24

− 5.83

9.63

1.58

4.11

3.37

Pome

− 1.87

10.74

− 2.67

10.01

5.33

4.19

 

Prunus

− 5.61

10.65

− 6.31

10.01

1.49

4.19

  1. Notes: σ = 1.10, es = 0.73, and 5.4% final demand shock. Supply elasticity of 2.24 is from Rosenbloom (1991) and 3.37 is from Perloff (1991)