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Table 12 Price elasticity of demand welfare impact robustness results

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

 

Pome commodity market (million $)

Source

Data period

Price elast.

Surp.

Post-shock CE

Post-shock fixed wage

Welfare change

Post-shock fixed wage Trans.

Welfare change trans.

Henneberry et al. (1999)

1970–1992

− 0.59

Cons.

8032.6

6788.0

− 1244.6

1344.1

− 6688.5

  

Firm

1002.2

2187.9

1185.7

1002.2

0.0

  

Total

9034.8

8975.9

− 58.9

2346.3

− 6688.5

Okrent & Alston (2012)

1998–2010

− 0.60

Cons.

7876.4

6648.9

− 1227.5

1348.0

− 6528.4

  

Firm

999.2

2172.6

1173.4

999.2

0.0

  

Total

8875.6

8821.5

− 54.2

2347.2

− 6528.4

Zheng (2010)

1998–2006

− 0.49

Cons.

9607.0

7819.2

− 1787.8

1107.1

− 8499.9

  

Firm

985.3

2537.3

1552.0

985.3

0.0

  

Total

10,592.3

10,356.4

− 235.8

2092.4

− 499.9

  1. Source: Authors’ calculations