The effects of job site sanitation and living conditions on the health and welfare of agricultural workers

George Frisvold (), Richard Mines and Jeffrey Perloff

No 47039, CUDARE Working Papers from University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Abstract: The lack of field toilets on agricultural job sites increases the probability of gastrointestinal disorders by 60%. Adverse living conditions significantly increase the probability of gastrointestinal, respiratory, and muscular problems. These three health problems do not appear to increase the probability that a worker's family is on welfare or lower workers' earnings. Respiratory problems, however, substantially increase the probability that the worker receives unemployment compensation.

Keywords: Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 1987-12
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Journal Article: The Effects of Job Site Sanitation and Living Conditions on the Health and Welfare of Agricultural Workers (1988)
Working Paper: The effects of job site sanitation and living conditions on the health and welfare of agricultural workers (1987)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.47039

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