US farm workers: What drives their job retention and work time allocation decisions?
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Keywords
Agricultural labour markets; employee retention; farm work; immigration; labour rights violations; non-farm employment; time allocation; undocumented farm workers; unemployment; working hours;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- J43 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Agricultural Labor Markets
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
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