Migratory Labor and Agriculture
1989
Emerson, Robert D.
Farm workers are shown to respond strongly to economic incentives to seasonally migrate for work. The economic model is specified with separate earnings structures for migratory and nonmigratory work, and a reservation wage for migration is specified to reflect the choice between migratory and nonmigratory work. The empirical model adjusts for self‐selectivity in the sample and demonstrates that domestic farm workers sort themselves into migratory and nonmigratory workers in a manner consistent with the theory of comparative advantage. Implications for immigration and government employment and training programs are considered.
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