Poverty, legal status, and pay basis: The case of U.S. agriculture

Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 429-456

  Pena, Anita Alves ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; LEGAL RIGHTS; POVERTY; WAGE GAP;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954153947     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2010.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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