Poverty amid prosperity: Farm employment, immigration, and poverty in California

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1008-1014

  Martin, Philip L ^a   Taylor, J Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; IMMIGRATION; POVERTY; RURAL AREA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032319631     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244195     Document Type: Article

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