How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation
The traditional structural transformation narrative emphasizes inter-sectoral labor reallocation out of agriculture, ignoring whether workers exit agri-food value chains or merely migrate within them, from primary agricultural production to downstream food industries. We introduce a method to decomp...
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| author | Yi, Jing Jiang, Shiyun Tran, Dianna Gómez, Miguel I. Canning, Patrick Bloem, Jeffrey R. Barrett, Christopher B. |
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| description | The traditional structural transformation narrative emphasizes inter-sectoral labor reallocation out of agriculture, ignoring whether workers exit agri-food value chains or merely migrate within them, from primary agricultural production to downstream food industries. We introduce a method to decompose multiregional input-output table data into industry-and-country-specific annual labor value added estimates by final consumer market segment – domestic food at home, domestic food away from home, or exports – and match with industry-specific employment data to estimate average worker compensation. Using data covering most of the global economy, 1993-2021, we report ten stylized facts that sharpen the traditional narrative about labor reallocation amid structural transformation. As incomes grow, labor exits primary production for downstream agri-food value chain segments that maintain a steady economywide employment share while offering jobs that pay better than farm work. Women disproportionately move from primary production to downstream, consumer-facing retail and food service, while men migrate to better-paying midstream jobs, increasing gender pay inequality within the value chain. Employment shifts are strongly associated with changes in national per capita income, but not with agricultural total factor productivity growth. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1686462025-11-06T06:49:13Z How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation Yi, Jing Jiang, Shiyun Tran, Dianna Gómez, Miguel I. Canning, Patrick Bloem, Jeffrey R. Barrett, Christopher B. food systems agricultural development gender gap input output analysis labour agricultural value chains employment structural adjustment The traditional structural transformation narrative emphasizes inter-sectoral labor reallocation out of agriculture, ignoring whether workers exit agri-food value chains or merely migrate within them, from primary agricultural production to downstream food industries. We introduce a method to decompose multiregional input-output table data into industry-and-country-specific annual labor value added estimates by final consumer market segment – domestic food at home, domestic food away from home, or exports – and match with industry-specific employment data to estimate average worker compensation. Using data covering most of the global economy, 1993-2021, we report ten stylized facts that sharpen the traditional narrative about labor reallocation amid structural transformation. As incomes grow, labor exits primary production for downstream agri-food value chain segments that maintain a steady economywide employment share while offering jobs that pay better than farm work. Women disproportionately move from primary production to downstream, consumer-facing retail and food service, while men migrate to better-paying midstream jobs, increasing gender pay inequality within the value chain. Employment shifts are strongly associated with changes in national per capita income, but not with agricultural total factor productivity growth. 2024-12-31 2025-01-07T16:35:46Z 2025-01-07T16:35:46Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168646 en https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01225-9 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.137050 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136944 https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20201539 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yi, Jing; Jiang, Shiyun; Tran, Dianna; Gómez, Miguel I.; Canning, Patrick; Bloem, Jeffrey R.; and Barrett, Christopher B. 2024. How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2311. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168646 |
| spellingShingle | food systems agricultural development gender gap input output analysis labour agricultural value chains employment structural adjustment Yi, Jing Jiang, Shiyun Tran, Dianna Gómez, Miguel I. Canning, Patrick Bloem, Jeffrey R. Barrett, Christopher B. How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation |
| title | How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation |
| title_full | How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation |
| title_fullStr | How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation |
| title_full_unstemmed | How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation |
| title_short | How agri-food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation |
| title_sort | how agri food value chain employment and compensation evolve with structural transformation |
| topic | food systems agricultural development gender gap input output analysis labour agricultural value chains employment structural adjustment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168646 |
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