Descriptor
| Labor Supply | 3 |
| Wages | 3 |
| Agricultural Laborers | 2 |
| Farm Labor | 2 |
| Foreign Workers | 2 |
| Agricultural Production | 1 |
| Braceros | 1 |
| Costs | 1 |
| Demography | 1 |
| Educational Attainment | 1 |
| Employment Patterns | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| California | 3 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Immigration Reform and… | 2 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
1966
TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THE DECLINE OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL WORKER EMPLOYMENT ON FARM-LABOR COSTS, FOOD PRICES, AND RETURN TO THE FARMER, AN ANALYSIS WAS MADE OF THE 1964-65 CHANGES IN THESE FACTORS FOR SELECTED CALIFORNIA CROPS. TOMATOES, LETTUCE, STRAWBERRIES, CANTALOUPES, CELERY, LEMONS, AND ASPARAGUS, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 71 PERCENT OF THE…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Production, Braceros, Costs
Taylor, J. Edward; Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1987
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 contains controversial provisions to allow temporary "replenishment" farmworkers to enter the United States to harvest perishable crops. This paper describes the role of legal and illegal foreign workers in California agriculture in relation to these provisions and the assumptions on which…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Patterns, Farm Labor, Federal Legislation
Download full textVernez, Georges – 1993
Over the past 20 years, California has experienced a continuous, growing flow of Mexican immigrant laborers. Although Mexican labor was originally linked to agriculture, by 1980 Mexican-born labor was filling a substantial proportion of jobs in all sectors of the California economy, particularly in manufacturing. Because they are concentrated in…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Attainment, Immigrants, Labor Force
