Factors affecting labor supply in agriculture

1. Health conditions of the workers.
2. Motivation in terms of salaries and allowances.
3. Good working conditions such as housing, transport and health allowances attract many laborers.
4. Population size: a high population leads to provision of labor e.g. china
5. Retirement age: high retirement age guarantees a high labor supply.
6. Immigration and emigration (increases labor)
7. Labor mobility: high labor mobility leads to high labor.
8. Working time: as number of working time increases supply of labor also increases.
9. Strength of trade unions: these can reduce the number of people employed by fixing a minimum wage.
10. Nature of work: heavy and risky work attracts fewer laborers.
11. Level of education and skills: highly skilled jobs have fewer workers
12. Political stability: the country has more people willing to work when the country is stable
13. Government policies such as minimum age of a laborer and minimum wage may reduce the number people employed
14. Attitude toward agriculture
15. Level of advertisement of agricultural work
16. Rural-urban migration reduce supply of labor on the farms

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Dr. Bbosa Science