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Legal status and earnings of agricultural workers

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  • Ise, Sabrina
  • Perloff, Jeffrey M

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Agricultural workers who work in the United States earn 15% more on average than do undocumented workers. These earnings differentials vary substantially with demographic characteristics. For example, much of the weekly earnings loss from not having legal status can be offset by language ability. Most of the earnings differential is due to wage differentials rather than hours differentials.
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  • Ise, Sabrina & Perloff, Jeffrey M, 1993. "Legal status and earnings of agricultural workers," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt478250zg, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
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