The End of Farm Labor Abundance

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-598

  Taylor, J Edward ^a   Charlton, Diane ^b   Yuńez Naude, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural employment; Farm labor; Immigration; Mexico

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871266246     PISSN: 20405790     EISSN: 20405804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aepp/pps036     Document Type: Article

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