Agricultural labor and migration policy

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 369-393

  Taylor, J Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farm labor; Immigration policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952604385     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-040709-135048     Document Type: Article

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