Explaining the puzzling persistence of restrictions on seasonal farm labour in Germany

Sammanfattning

The regulation of seasonal foreign farm labour (SFFL) in Germany distorts market outcomes and produces no significant benefits for any of the affected groups. Analysis of the media discourse on this regulation indicates that its persistence can be attributed to the political sensitivity of unemployment and related issues in Germany. To reach these conclusions, we propose a new method for the analysis of discourse data based on a Poisson change point model, and demonstrate that exogenous factors such as unemployment in Germany can explain structural breaks in the media discourse on SFFL in Germany.

Nyckelord

political economy; seasonal farm workers; discourse analysis; Monte Carlo Markov Chain; Poisson change point model; J43; P16; Q18

Publicerad i

European Review of Agricultural Economics
2012, volym: 39, nummer: 4, sidor: 707-728
Utgivare: OXFORD UNIV PRESS

SLU författare

• Hess, Sebastian

  • Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Kleinschmit, Daniela

  • Institutionen för skogens produkter, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Statsvetenskap (Exklusive freds- och konfliktforskning)
Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
Nationalekonomi

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbr057

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/41556