Migration, Mechanization, And Agricultural Labor Markets In Egypt

by Alan Richards, Philip L. Martin (Editor)

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

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 1983