Spatio-temporal analysis of agricultural employment in the countries of the world
Abstract
The article is devoted to a comprehensive study of the transformation of agricultural employment in the world, regions and countries. Along with the progress of economic development, the role of agriculture in the structure of economy and employment decreases. However, due to the geographical differentiation of countries, the process is extremely uneven; it occurs at different time periods and at different rates. The developed countries underwent transformation in the middle of the 19th – first half of the 20th century, the developing countries of Latin America and North Africa – in the second half of the 20th century. Many Asian countries are undergoing dramatic changes in the agricultural sector and employment nowadays. The pace of the agricultural employment transformation is accelerating due to technological progress and the development of the world division of labor. The study is based on a large array of statistical data for 162 countries. The article analyzes the place of agriculture in the structure of economy and employment, as well as the transformation of agricultural employment under general economic structural changes for the period from 1991 to 2019. Particular attention is paid to the stages of transformation as a spatio-temporal process and the ways it took cause in defferent states.
Keywords
agricultural employment,
transformation of employment,
dynamics,
labor productivity,
regions of the world
Supporting agencies: The study was financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project number 20-35-90038-aspiranty Agricultural employment in the countries with different models of agrarian development: structural, temporal and spatial aspects)
About the Authors
A. A. Potapova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Socio-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries
Ph.D. student, Junior Scientific Researcher
A. S. Naumov
Lomonosov Moscow State University;
National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Institute of Agrarian Research
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography, Department of Socio-Economic Geography of Foreign Countries; Lomonosov Moscow State University
Department of Rural Development Studies, Department Head National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Institute of Agrarian Research
Head of the Department, Associate Professor, Ph.D. in Geography
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Potapova A.A., Naumov A.S. Spatio-temporal analysis of agricultural employment in the countries of the world. Lomonosov Geography Journal. 2022;(5):76-90. (In Russ.)
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