Migration, Mechanization, And Agricultural Labor Markets In Egypt

Alan Richards (Editor) and Philip L Martin (Editor)

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After a long period of stability, Egypt’s agricultural sector experienced sudden change due to the 1973 oil price increases and Anwar Sadat’s Open Door economic policies. Workers left rural Egypt for the cities and high-wage jobs in the oil-exporting countries. The resulting “labor shortage†and rising real wages in agriculture coincided with a
  • ISBN13 9780429716447
  • Publish Date 13 March 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Edition Digital original
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 286
  • Language English