The Economics of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in the United States, 1920--1970
Grove, Wayne Allison
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Description
Title
The Economics of Cotton Harvest Mechanization in the United States, 1920--1970
Author(s)
Grove, Wayne Allison
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Alston, Lee J.
Department of Study
Economics
Discipline
Economics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Engineering, Agricultural
Language
eng
Abstract
Currently farmers mechanically harvest only 20 percent of the world's cotton. This study of the patterns and consequences of cotton harvest mechanization provides insight for policy makers in countries where this type of future technological change will elicit enormous rural-to-urban migration and capital-for-labor substitution.
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