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Worker Turnover, Farm Labor Contractors, and IRCA's Impact on the California Farm Labor Market
Author(s) -
Taylor J. Edward,
Thilmany Dawn
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1242919
Subject(s) - immigration reform , sanctions , labour economics , workforce , immigration , agriculture , economics , labor relations , econometric analysis , test (biology) , business , immigration policy , economic growth , political science , paleontology , macroeconomics , ecology , law , biology
Employer sanctions under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) were intended to encourage U.S. employers to adjust to a smaller, more legal workforce. This paper presents findings of an econometric analysis of farm worker turnover as a vehicle to test IRCA's effectiveness. Our findings do not support the hypothesis that IRCA initially succeeded in reducing the reliance on new immigrants in California agriculture.