Poverty Amid Prosperity: Farm Employment, Immigration, and Poverty in California
Author: Martin, Phillip L.
Date Published: 1998
This article describes the changes occurring in agricultural areas of California. It begins by summarizes a model that illustrates the vicious circle between farm employment, immigration, and poverty welfare. It then examines the effects of 1996 immigration and welfare changes, and concludes that other areas of the US may also be creating their own version of a new rural poverty via immigration.
Date Published: 1998
This article describes the changes occurring in agricultural areas of California. It begins by summarizes a model that illustrates the vicious circle between farm employment, immigration, and poverty welfare. It then examines the effects of 1996 immigration and welfare changes, and concludes that other areas of the US may also be creating their own version of a new rural poverty via immigration.
