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Farm Labor Contracting in the United States, 1981

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  • Pollack, Susan L.

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About 250,000 people worked for farm labor contractors during 1981 making up 10 percent of all hired farmworkers. Most crew workers (53 percent) were white, 28 percent were Hispanic, and 19 percent were black or of other racial/ethnic groups. Most crew workers lived in the Southeast, North Central Lake States, Southwest, and Lower Pacific Coast regions of the United States. Their earnings averaged $2,772 annually, $1,936 of which came from farmwork. Of the 9,774 people who registered for certification to hire farmworkers for crew work in 1981, 2,557 applied for Department of Labor authorization to transport workers to and from work, and 827 applied for authorization to provide housing for their employees.

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  • Pollack, Susan L., 1985. "Farm Labor Contracting in the United States, 1981," Agricultural Economic Reports 305542, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:305542
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305542
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    1. Findeis, Jill L. & Chitose, Yoshimi, 1994. "Hired Farm Labor: U.S. Trends and Survey Results for Pennsylvania," AE & RS Research Reports 257732, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.

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