caa a22 4500 39754491X CHVBK 20180308164736.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199607 xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/2297887 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.2307/2297887 Comparative Advantage, Information and the Allocation of Workers to Tasks: Evidence from an Agricultural Labour Market [Elektronische Daten] [Andrew D. Foster, Mark R. Rosenzweig] We use data from an agricultural labour market in which workers receive both time- and piece-rate wages and shift frequently among employers and tasks, to assess the roles of comparative advantage, information problems and preferences in determining the allocation of workers. The estimates which impose minimal structure not implied by economic theory are consistent with a one-factor productivity model, and indicate that information asymmetries are present but workers are sorted according to comparative advantage. In particular, the disproportionate presence of female workers in weeding activities is due not to worker or employer preferences but to comparative advantage and statistical discrimination. © 1996 The Review of Economic Studies Limited Foster Andrew D. University of Pennsylvania aut Rosenzweig Mark R. University of Pennsylvania aut The Review of Economic Studies Wiley-Blackwell 63/3(1996-07), 347-374 0034-6527 63:3<347 1996 63 restud https://doi.org/10.2307/2297887 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/2297887 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foster Andrew D. University of Pennsylvania aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rosenzweig Mark R. University of Pennsylvania aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Review of Economic Studies Wiley-Blackwell 63/3(1996-07), 347-374 0034-6527 63:3<347 1996 63 restud Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford