@article{687dfe42ff894731aa396ffcfd039cb8,
title = "Fishermen{\textquoteright}s competitiveness and labour market performance: evidence from shrimpers in Bangladesh",
abstract = "We conduct an experiment to determine competitiveness among shrimpers who engage in collecting shrimp seeds in the southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh. We then examine how competitiveness affects the labour supply decisions and labour market performance of these shrimpers. Our results show that shrimpers who prefer competition are more productive than shrimpers who do not prefer competition. Competitive shrimpers secure better prices and earn higher incomes selling their catches. We estimate that their wage elasticity of participation ranges from 0.4 to 0.5, which is consistent with preferences under neoclassical assumptions. Competitive shrimpers have a slightly greater wage elasticity than non-competitive shrimpers, suggesting that they might be more responsive to expected earnings. Our results have important policy implications for the efficient management of common pool resources.",
keywords = "competitiveness, labour supply, performance, shrimpers, wage elasticity",
author = "Asad Islam and Sakiba Tasneem and Wang, {Liang Choon}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank seminar participants at Monash University, and the funding support from the Department of Economics. We also thank Ralph‐C Bayer, Gaurav Datt and Aaron Nicholas for their helpful comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies. Open access publishing facilitated by Monash University, as part of the Wiley ‐ Monash University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Funding Information: We thank seminar participants at Monash University, and the funding support from the Department of Economics. We also thank Ralph-C Bayer, Gaurav Datt and Aaron Nicholas for their helpful comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies. Open access publishing facilitated by Monash University, as part of the Wiley - Monash University agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Authors. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc.",
year = "2023",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1111/1467-8489.12516",
language = "English",
volume = "67",
pages = "346--363",
journal = "Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics",
issn = "1364-985X",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "3",
}