Estimating the supply response to human labor in the Egyptian agricultural sector

The research problem is the low supply of labor in the agricultural sector. The research aims to estimate the difference between the actual situation and the target counterpart of labor supply. During the study period (2000 – 2021), the average agricultural labor force represents about 25.7% of the average total labor force in Egypt, which amounts to about 25.3 million laborers, and the average wage of agricultural labor represents about 57% of the average total wage in Egypt, Also, the average agricultural income represents about 9.81% of the average total income in Egypt, The average agricultural investment represents about 4.4% of the average total investment, and the average agricultural exports represent about 9.02% of the average total exports, The average agricultural imports represent about 21.25% of the average total imports. Finally, the average cropped area in the Republic reached about 15.3 million acres.The results of multiple regression analysis using the adjustment coefficient indicate that increasing the agricultural labor's wage, agricultural income, and the cropped area in the previous year by 10% leads to an increase in the average quantity of agricultural labor supplied by about 0.4%, 3.3%, 24.6% respectively in the short-run term and 6.7%, 55%, 410% respectively in the long-run term. An increase in agricultural investment, Agricultural exports, and Agricultural imports in the previous year by 10% led to a decrease in the average quantity of agricultural labor supplied by 0.6%, 1.7%, and 1.2% respectively in the short-run term and1%, 28.3%, 2% respectively in the long-run term.