The Importance of H-2A Guest Workers in Agriculture
Jeff Luckstead and
Stephen Devadoss
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2019, vol. 34, issue 01
Abstract:
This article reviews the H-2A program by highlighting the lengthy paperwork required to employ H-2A workers, the employment of these workers in various states and agricultural sectors, wages paid to these workers, substitutability of undocumented workers and guest workers, and the contribution of these workers to U.S. agriculture.
Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.287142
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