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Impacts of COVID-19 on forestry migrant workers in the Southern United States

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  • Jayasundara, Manuja
  • Berget, Carolina
  • Dwivedi, Puneet

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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of life and affected numerous sectors in the United States (US), including the forestry sector, which heavily depends on temporary migrant guest workers to perform roles that are difficult to fill with local labor. We conducted a qualitative case study focusing on a single labor contracting company that supplies workers for forestry projects in the US South to examine how the pandemic affected migrant workers.

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  • Jayasundara, Manuja & Berget, Carolina & Dwivedi, Puneet, 2025. "Impacts of COVID-19 on forestry migrant workers in the Southern United States," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 172(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:forpol:v:172:y:2025:i:c:s138993412500022x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103443
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