Table 2 Estimated Elasticities of Agricultural Labor and Land Demand

 

Model 1: Longer-run
(eq. (4), (5a), (6))

Model 2: Shorter-run
(eq. (4), (5b), (6))

Elasticity of:

Labor

Land

Labor

Land

With respect to:

Demand

Demand

Demand

Demand

Land use

0.82

-

0.82

-

Labor use

-

-

-

0.53

Agricultural wage

-0.62

-0.16

-0.39

-

Agricultural prices

0.44

0.17

0.29

0.01

Non-agricultural prices

-0.79

-0.20

-0.53

-0.28

Fertilizer price

0.28

0.12

0.11

0.11

Irrigated area

0.15

-0.04

0.18

-0.09

Agricultural machinery

0.01

0.21

-0.18

0.20

Non-agricultural investment

-0.26

-0.07

-0.14

-0.08

Labor supply

1.14

0.29

0.57

0.30

Time trend

0.01

-0.01

0.03

-0.02

Source: 3SLS estimates reported in Coxhead and Jiraporn (1998).