The Moroccan agricultural sector employs around 40% of the country's total working population. Since the early 1990s, there has been a striking increase in the proportion of female wage laborers. This article investigates the effect of the gendered composition of the agricultural wage labor force on horticultural farms. We draw on an original data set collected in 2010, comprising 240 agricultural holdings located in the region of Souss Massa. The results suggest that local labor shortages do not play a major role in explaining the ratio of female hired wage laborers. Instead, it seems that quality requirements are encouraging farm holdings to hire a female labor force. [EconLit citations: Q12, O13, J43]

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出口营销渠道和农场劳动力构成的整合：摩洛哥蔬菜部门的女性农业工人

摩洛哥农业部门雇用了该国总劳动人口的 40% 左右。自 1990 年代初以来，女性雇佣劳动者的比例显着增加。本文调查了农业工资劳动力的性别构成对园艺农场的影响。我们利用 2010 年收集的原始数据集，包括位于苏斯马萨地区的 240 个农业生产单位。结果表明，当地劳动力短缺在解释女性雇佣工资劳动力的比例方面没有发挥主要作用。相反，质量要求似乎鼓励农场雇佣女性劳动力。[EconLit 引文：Q12、O13、J43]