The Immigrant Subsidy In US Agriculture: Farm Employment, Poverty, and Welfare
Author: Taylor, J. Edward
Date Published: 1997
This article investigates a seemingly simple question: What are the consequences of importing immigrant farmworkers to harvest commodities, some of which are exported to the migrants' countries of origin, for the communities in which these workers settle? It also examines the relationship between farm employment, immigration, poverty and public assistance to determine whether the farm jobs that attract immigrants are creating externalities for the communities in which they settle and potentially for US cities to which immigrant farmworkers and their children may move.
Date Published: 1997
This article investigates a seemingly simple question: What are the consequences of importing immigrant farmworkers to harvest commodities, some of which are exported to the migrants' countries of origin, for the communities in which these workers settle? It also examines the relationship between farm employment, immigration, poverty and public assistance to determine whether the farm jobs that attract immigrants are creating externalities for the communities in which they settle and potentially for US cities to which immigrant farmworkers and their children may move.
