The Role of the H-2A Program in California Agriculture

Philip Martin

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2019, vol. 34, issue 01

Abstract: There are a million year-round equivalent jobs in U.S. agriculture, a third of which are in California. The number of U.S. farm jobs certified for H-2A workers was below 50,000 in 2004–2005, and less than 5,000 in California. However, certified H-2A workers now number almost 250,000 due to a large expansion of the program, especially in California.

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.287144

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