The Potential Impact of Changes in Immigration Policy on U.S. Agriculture and the Market for Hired Farm Labor: A Simulation Analysis

Steven Zahniser, Tom Hertz (), Maureen Rimmer and Peter Dixon

No 262231, Economic Research Report from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Large shifts in the supply of foreign-born, hired farm labor resulting from substantial changes in U.S. immigration laws or policies could have significant economic implications. A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the U.S. economy is used to evaluate how changes in the supply of foreign-born labor might affect all sectors of the economy, including agriculture. Two scenarios are considered: an increase in the number of temporary nonimmigrant, foreign-born farmworkers, such as those admitted under the H-2A Temporary Agricultural Program, and a decrease in the number of unauthorized workers in all sectors of the economy. Longrun economic outcomes for agricultural output and exports, wages and employment levels, and national income accruing to U.S.-born and foreign- born, permanent resident workers in these two scenarios are compared with a base forecast reflecting current immigration laws and policies.

Keywords: Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49
Date: 2012-05-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262231

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