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<p> This thesis examines the allocation and relative efficiency of the agricultural labour input in North Grimsby Township. The relative efficiency of the labour input is determined by the construction of an Index of Labour Efficiency, in which the actual labour input is compared with the labour input requirement for the farm as determined from studies undertaken by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Certain normative hypotheses are tested, relating elements of the farm economic structure and the physical environment to the Labour Efficiency Index.</p> / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Given the importance of agricultural income for rural households, erratic weather conditions pose an austere threat to these households' livelihoods. This thesis explores ways through which households in agrarian economies smooth their consumption, engage in community networks, and readjust their labour allocation in response to shocks. In a setting of inherent risk, absence of institutional insurance, and labour market inefficiencies, poor households are often left to their own devices to cope with risk. The aim of this study is to examine the different risk-coping strategies adopted by households in rural India, assess their effectiveness, and derive implications for public policy. The results suggest that, in an environment characterised by agro-climatic risk, households are able to self-insure and smooth their consumption in the face of income shocks. Their coping mechanisms, however, may reduce their resilience to future shocks. In fact, small landholders tend to rely more heavily on their productive asset stock, while medium landholders find it optimal to preserve and accumulate their productive assets when exposed to exogenous income shocks. Households also change their labour allocation and reduce their self-employment in agriculture. Furthermore, households in rural areas can migrate to urban areas or engage in societal risk-sharing arrangements to mitigate the risk. The results of this thesis suggest that being part of a community network discourages individuals' migration and increases the likelihood of undertaking riskier activities. The findings also confirm the importance of portfolio adjustments and the diversification of household assets in buffering consumption. These conclusions form the basis of several policy implications, the most important of which is providing formal insurance schemes to encourage the accumulation of assets, technology, and skills.

Summaries in English and Afrikkans / The aim of this thesis is to investigate the labour law position of South African farm workers. For three and a half centuries farm workers constituted the most neglected group in the South African labour force. Consequently, an understanding of their present position can only be obtained by investigating their labour history. As in other parts of the world, farm workers in South Africa held a subordinate position to agricultural employers. Discrimination against black persons added to the inferior socio-economic and political position of South African farm workers. White farmers occupied a strong political position during most of the time under investigation, which enabled them to institute and apply discriminatory legislation and informal methods to overcome labour shortages. The freedom of movement of black people and their access to land were restricted to create a cheap immobile labour force. During the 20th century farmers prevented the inclusion of farm workers in labour legislation by exercising their political influence. Pressure by industrial trade unions and encouragement by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) resulted in the adoption of the Agricultural Labour Act which made labour legislation applicable to farm workers, but precluded them from striking and made allowance for longer working hours than for industrial workers. The new political dispensation facilitated the inclusion of farm workers in general labour legislation without any discriminatory exceptions and land reform legislation now protects farm workers against arbitrary evictions. A bill of rights furthermore guarantees the rights of farm workers which were previously violated. It would superficially seem that farm workers' problems are something of the past. Farm workers, however, remain handicapped in exercising their new rights by historical factors and circumstances peculiar to the agricultural sector. Legal comparison with Ontario and California confirms that legislation alone is insufficient to empower farm workers. It is recommended that the government amend existing legislation to accommodate the special needs of farm workers and that relevant ILO conventions, especially Convention 141 of 1975, be ratified to aid the development of unions for farm workers. This will contribute to the empowerment of and social justice for farm workers. / Die doel van hierdie tesis is om die arbeidsregtelike posisie van Suid-Afrikaanse plaaswerkers te ondersoek. Plaaswerkers was vir drie en 'n half eeue die mees afgeskeepte groep in die Suid-Afrikaanse werksmag. Om die huidige posisie van plaaswerkers te begryp is dus slegs moontlik deur 'n bestudering van die regsgeskiedenis van plaaswerkers. Soos in ander werelddele beklee plaaswerkers in Suid-Afrika 'n minderwaardige posisie teenoor landbouwerkgewers. Diskriminasie teenoor swartpersonehet bygedra tot die sosio-ekonomiese en polities minderwaardige posisie van Suid-Afrikaanse plaaswerkers. Blanke boere het gedurende die grootste deel van die tydperk onder bespreking 'n sterk politiese posisie beklee wat hulle in staat gestel het om diskriminerende wetgewing en informele metodes aan te wend om arbeidstekorte te bowe te kom. Swart persone se bewegingsvryheid en toegang tot grond is beperk om 'n goedkoop immobiele werksmag te vorm. Gedurende die 20ste eeu het boere se sterk politiese posisie hulle in staat gestel om te verhoed dat plaaswerkers by arbeidswetgewing ingesluit word. Druk deur industriele vakbonde en aanmoediging deur die Intemasionale Arbeidsorganisasie (IAO) het gelei tot die Wet op Landbou-arbeid waardeur arbeidswetgewing op plaaswerkers van toepassing gemaak is, maar wat plaaswerkers verbied het om te staak en wat voorsiening gemaak het vir langer werkure as vir industriele werkers. 'n Nuwe politieke bedeling het gelei tot die insluiting van plaaswerkers in algemene arbeidswetgewing sonder enige diskriminerende uitsonderings en grondhervormingswetgewing beskerm plaaswerkers nou teen arbitrere uitsettings. 'n Handves van menseregte waarborg verder die regte van plaaswerkers wat voorheen misken is. Oenskynlik is die probleme van plaaswerkers nou iets van die verlede. Plaaswerkers word egter steeds in die uitoefening van hulle nuwe regte gestrem deur historiese faktore en die eiesoortige omstandighede van die landbousektor. Regsvergelyking met Kalifomie en Ontario het aangetoon <lat wetgewing alleen nie voldoende is om plaaswerkers te bemagtig nie. Daar word aanbeveel dat die regering bestaande wetgewing wysig om voorsiening te maak vir die spesiale behoeftes van plaaswerkers en dat relevante IA0 konvensies, veral Konvensie 141 van 197 5 geratifiseer word om die ontwikkeling van vakbonde vir plaaswerkers te bevorder. Dit sal bydra tot die bemagtiging van en tot sosiale geregtigheid vir plaaswerkers / Law / LL.D.

Summaries in English and Afrikkans / The aim of this thesis is to investigate the labour law position of South African farm workers. For three and a half centuries farm workers constituted the most neglected group in the South African labour force. Consequently, an understanding of their present position can only be obtained by investigating their labour history. As in other parts of the world, farm workers in South Africa held a subordinate position to agricultural employers. Discrimination against black persons added to the inferior socio-economic and political position of South African farm workers. White farmers occupied a strong political position during most of the time under investigation, which enabled them to institute and apply discriminatory legislation and informal methods to overcome labour shortages. The freedom of movement of black people and their access to land were restricted to create a cheap immobile labour force. During the 20th century farmers prevented the inclusion of farm workers in labour legislation by exercising their political influence. Pressure by industrial trade unions and encouragement by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) resulted in the adoption of the Agricultural Labour Act which made labour legislation applicable to farm workers, but precluded them from striking and made allowance for longer working hours than for industrial workers. The new political dispensation facilitated the inclusion of farm workers in general labour legislation without any discriminatory exceptions and land reform legislation now protects farm workers against arbitrary evictions. A bill of rights furthermore guarantees the rights of farm workers which were previously violated. It would superficially seem that farm workers' problems are something of the past. Farm workers, however, remain handicapped in exercising their new rights by historical factors and circumstances peculiar to the agricultural sector. Legal comparison with Ontario and California confirms that legislation alone is insufficient to empower farm workers. It is recommended that the government amend existing legislation to accommodate the special needs of farm workers and that relevant ILO conventions, especially Convention 141 of 1975, be ratified to aid the development of unions for farm workers. This will contribute to the empowerment of and social justice for farm workers. / Die doel van hierdie tesis is om die arbeidsregtelike posisie van Suid-Afrikaanse plaaswerkers te ondersoek. Plaaswerkers was vir drie en 'n half eeue die mees afgeskeepte groep in die Suid-Afrikaanse werksmag. Om die huidige posisie van plaaswerkers te begryp is dus slegs moontlik deur 'n bestudering van die regsgeskiedenis van plaaswerkers. Soos in ander werelddele beklee plaaswerkers in Suid-Afrika 'n minderwaardige posisie teenoor landbouwerkgewers. Diskriminasie teenoor swartpersonehet bygedra tot die sosio-ekonomiese en polities minderwaardige posisie van Suid-Afrikaanse plaaswerkers. Blanke boere het gedurende die grootste deel van die tydperk onder bespreking 'n sterk politiese posisie beklee wat hulle in staat gestel het om diskriminerende wetgewing en informele metodes aan te wend om arbeidstekorte te bowe te kom. Swart persone se bewegingsvryheid en toegang tot grond is beperk om 'n goedkoop immobiele werksmag te vorm. Gedurende die 20ste eeu het boere se sterk politiese posisie hulle in staat gestel om te verhoed dat plaaswerkers by arbeidswetgewing ingesluit word. Druk deur industriele vakbonde en aanmoediging deur die Intemasionale Arbeidsorganisasie (IAO) het gelei tot die Wet op Landbou-arbeid waardeur arbeidswetgewing op plaaswerkers van toepassing gemaak is, maar wat plaaswerkers verbied het om te staak en wat voorsiening gemaak het vir langer werkure as vir industriele werkers. 'n Nuwe politieke bedeling het gelei tot die insluiting van plaaswerkers in algemene arbeidswetgewing sonder enige diskriminerende uitsonderings en grondhervormingswetgewing beskerm plaaswerkers nou teen arbitrere uitsettings. 'n Handves van menseregte waarborg verder die regte van plaaswerkers wat voorheen misken is. Oenskynlik is die probleme van plaaswerkers nou iets van die verlede. Plaaswerkers word egter steeds in die uitoefening van hulle nuwe regte gestrem deur historiese faktore en die eiesoortige omstandighede van die landbousektor. Regsvergelyking met Kalifomie en Ontario het aangetoon <lat wetgewing alleen nie voldoende is om plaaswerkers te bemagtig nie. Daar word aanbeveel dat die regering bestaande wetgewing wysig om voorsiening te maak vir die spesiale behoeftes van plaaswerkers en dat relevante IA0 konvensies, veral Konvensie 141 van 197 5 geratifiseer word om die ontwikkeling van vakbonde vir plaaswerkers te bevorder. Dit sal bydra tot die bemagtiging van en tot sosiale geregtigheid vir plaaswerkers / Law / LL.D.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T18:33:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Patricia Estanislau.pdf: 3076640 bytes, checksum: 03dcf5c12fe6085555b8d2dab06a8b35 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-08 / Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Regional / The objective of this work is to examine the wages differences dynamics of the farming sector temporary and permanent workers, through the analysis of the wage behavior in the Brazilian states on the period from 1992 to 2009. For this it was used the Space Data Exploratory Analysis (AEDE), the space econometrical modeling and as source of data the National Research of Sample of Domiciles (PNAD). It was used convergence tests &#946; absolute, conditional convergence &#946; and convergence &#963;. To the conditions of the conditional convergence &#946; process were used the variables: schooling average, experience (to catch the human capital effect) of each segment of workers and tractor power (to catch the fixture capital effect). The AEDE disclosed the wages distribution of the permanent and temporary workers to the Brazilian states. The states that better remunerate their permanent workers were placed in Center West region, South region and the state of São Paulo, the worse incomes were in the Northeast region. For the temporary workers the best wages were situated in the regions North and Center West, and the lowest incomes in the Northeast region. It was evidenced positive special autocorrelacion of the farming workers wages demonstrating that the space localization of these wages interfere in its values. The High-High clusters formations type for the farming workers (permanent and temporary) were placed in the North, Center West and South regions. Low-Low clusters formations type concentrate in states of the Northeast region of Brazil. In the bivaried space autocorrelação the farming workers wages follow the same behavior. The relation between wage and schooling have positive association, when the wages relate with experience they showed negative and when wages were compared to fixture capital the space association was positive. For the wage distribution of the wages growth tax of these workers, we notice that states with lower wages have higher growth taxes (Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Piauí and Paraíba) of those states that had higher wages than in parts had its growth taxes lower (Roraima, Amapá), showing evidences of the convergence existence. Applying the space imbalance model it was proved the absolute convergence existence, indicating that the permanent and temporary workers wages go through a common stationary state between the Brazilian states. In the conditional convergence we notice that the convergence speed is increased for the temporary permanent workers. The only significant variable was the farming worker schooling (permanent and temporary) disclosing that the wage inaqualities between the states tend to diminish. The significant space effect indicates the existence of two distinct works markets in the Brazilian farming. The fixed effect coefficient is significant and positive and shows the work market particularitity of each Brazilian state. The convergence &#963; of the temporary and permanent workers wages of the Brazilian farming shows the reduction of the wage inaquality by the fall in the dispersion of wage levels. However we suggest a reflection about the politics adopted in the farming, that could stimulate the inaquality wage reduction by politics that stimulate the instruction and qualification of this worker, and to be developed with locacional character, so that the Northeast region could increase its wage levels. / O objetivo do trabalho é examinar a dinâmica das diferenças dos salários dos trabalhadores temporários e permanentes do setor agropecuário através da análise do comportamento salarial nos estados brasileiros no o período de 1992 a 2009. Para isso foi utilizada a técnica da Análise Exploratória de Dados Espaciais (AEDE) e da modelagem econométrica espacial, e, como fonte de dados, a Pesquisa Nacional de Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD). Foram usados testes de convergência &#946; absoluta, convergência &#946; condicional e convergência &#963;. Como condicionantes ao processo de convergência &#946; condicional foram utilizadas as variáveis média de escolaridade, experiência (captar os efeitos do capital humano) de cada segmento de trabalhadores e potência dos tratores (captar os efeitos de capital fixo). A AEDE revelou a distribuição dos salários dos trabalhadores permanentes e temporários entre os estados brasileiros. Os estados que melhor remuneravam para os trabalhadores permanentes situavam-se nas regiões Centro-Oeste, Sul e o estado de São Paulo, enquanto os piores rendimentos estavam na região Nordeste. Para os trabalhadores temporários, os melhores salários localizavam-se no Norte e no Centro-Oeste, e os rendimentos mais baixos na região Nordeste. Constatou-se autocorrelação espacial positiva dos salários dos trabalhadores agropecuários, demonstrando que a localização espacial desses salários interfere em seus valores. As formações de clusters do tipo Alto-Alto para os trabalhadores agropecuários (permanentes e temporários) situavam-se no Norte, Centro-Oeste e no Sul. Os clusters do tipo Baixo-Baixo concentram-se em estados do Nordeste do Brasil. Na autocorrelação espacial bivariada, os salários dos trabalhadores agropecuários seguem o mesmo comportamento. A relação entre salário e escolaridade tem associação positiva, mas, quando os salários se relacionam com a experiência, mostram-se negativos, e, quando os salários foram comparados ao capital fixo, então a associação espacial foi positiva. Para a distribuição salarial da taxa de crescimento dos salários desses trabalhadores, notamos que estados com salários mais baixos tinham taxas de crescimento mais elevadas (Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Piauí e Paraíba) do que aqueles que tinham salários mais elevados que, em parte, tinham suas taxas de crescimento menores (Roraima, Amapá), mostrando evidências da existência de convergência. Aplicando o modelo de defasagem espacial, comprovou-se a existência da convergência absoluta, indicando que os salários dos trabalhadores permanentes e temporários caminham rumo a um estado estacionário comum entre os estados brasileiros. Na convergência condicionada percebe-se que a velocidade da convergência é aumentada para os trabalhadores permanentes e temporários, revelando que as desigualdades salariais entre os estados tendem a diminuir. A única variável significante foi a escolaridade do trabalhador agropecuário (permanentes e temporários). O efeito espacial significante indica a existência de dois mercados de trabalhos distintos na agropecuária brasileira. O coeficiente de efeito fixo é significativo e positivo e mostra a particularidade do mercado de trabalho de cada estado brasileiro. A convergência &#963; dos salários dos trabalhadores temporários e permanentes da agropecuária brasileira mostra a diminuição da desigualdade salarial pela queda na dispersão dos níveis salariais. Sugere-se, todavia, uma reflexão sobre as políticas adotadas na agropecuária, que poderiam incentivar a redução da desigualdade salarial via políticas que estimulem a instrução e qualificação desse trabalhador, e serem desenvolvidas com caráter locacional, para que a região Nordeste pudesse aumentar seus níveis salariais.