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Labor Productivity in Apple Harvesting
Author(s) -
Cuskaden Charles M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238350
Subject(s) - productivity , agricultural economics , agricultural science , business , regression analysis , operations management , agricultural engineering , economics , statistics , mathematics , environmental science , engineering , economic growth
Selected worker characteristics and grower management practices were analyzed by OLS regression to determine their relationship to the productivity of workers hand harvesting apples. Growers should be able to shorten harvest time by selecting workers with characteristics related to higher productivity and by using management practices associated with faster picking.