Implications of Proposed Immigration Reform for the U.S. Farm Labor Market

Lurleen M. Walters, Robert D. Emerson and Nobuyuki Iwai

No 35001, 2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Specialty crop agriculture may be affected by immigration reform given that most farm workers are foreign-born and unauthorized for U.S. employment. Controlling for selection on legal status and job type according to skill level, this research examines the wage effects for workers with different characteristics in the U.S. and South.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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