FLC usage among California growers under IRCA: An empirical analysis of farm labor market risk management

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 946-960

  Thilmany, Dawn D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracts; Farm labor; Immigration; Risk management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR; CONTRACTING PATTERN; FARM LABOUR; IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT (1986); LABOUR CONTRACTING;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0030390278     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1243851     Document Type: Article

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