Effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. Agricultural Labor Market

Maoyong Fan, Anita Pena and Jeffrey Perloff

Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series from Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Abstract: Recessions typically lead to excess supply in non agricultural labor markets. However, a major recession, like the Great Recession, has different effects in the seasonal agriculture labor market. During such recession, hourly earnings of workers, the probability that workers receive bonuses, and employed workers’ weekly hours rise. These results are consistent with a large reduction in immigrant labor supply during a major recession. Direct and indirect evidence on immigration supports this conclusion

Keywords: Social and Behavioral Sciences; agriculture; Great Recession; immigrants; recession; undocumented workers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-03-01
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Journal Article: Effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. Agricultural Labor Market (2016)
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