This study provides an economic and econometric analysis of agriculture in the economic cycle, with special reference … to the recent experience of Brazil. Part One of the paper discusses the economic theory and points to the relevance of … classical texts for analysis of agriculture's role in the economic crisis facing developing countries. Part Two of the paper …

natives. Finally, we find that it is unlikely that immigration's effect on agriculture slowed Brazil's structural … studying the effects of immigration to Brazil during the Age of Mass Migration on its agricultural sector in 1920. This context … informative of developing countries' experience because Brazil in this period was unique among major migrant destinations as a low …