The Availability of H-2A Guest Farm Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cesar Escalante (cescalan@uga.edu), Tianyuan Luo and Carmina E. Taylor

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2020, vol. 35, issue 3

Abstract: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the government ensured continued processing of H-2A visa applications. H-2A worker arrivals, however, were disrupted by travel bans, strict medical screening at ports of entry, and virus outbreaks at the border. Labor could be a disrupting factor as farms strive to meet sustained demand during the pandemic.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Health Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305279

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