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Table 2 Summary statistics

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

Variable

Mean

Std. dev.

Min.

Max.

Pre-harvest employment (thousands)

36.07

4.84

30.01

43.74

Post-harvest employment (thousands)

11.75

1.59

9.87

15.07

Pre-harvest weighted real wage ($/hour)

11.64

0.62

12.64

10.55

Post-harvest weighted real wage ($/hour)

15.71

1.13

17.37

13.78

Pome production (million lbs)

6126.45

1075.44

5633.00

6886.90

Prunus production (million lbs)

932.15

201.31

789.80

1074.50

Pome real retail price ($/lbs)

1.24

0.12

1.16

1.33

Prunus real retail price ($/lbs)

1.69

0.17

1.57

1.82

  1. Note: Entries are the statistics for the yearly average from 2002 to 2013
  2. Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor OES (2014) and U.S. Dept. of Agricultural ERS Fruit and Tree Nut Year Book (2014). Real values are calculated using 2013 as base year