U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FOREIGN WORKERS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. By Robert D. Emerson and Anita L. Battiste. Commodity Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture No. 73.

ABSTRACT

In this bibliography relating to alien labor and employment in agriculture, the primary focus is on the H-2 nonimmigrant program. Other legal foreign worker programs are included as well as items pertaining to alien labor (legal and illegal) in general. Basic literature on farm labor markets is also included. Theoretical literature pertaining to immigration and labor migration issues is also identified.

Keywords: H-2, farm labor, alien labor, Bracero, immigration, trade and migration, agriculture

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The project was partially supported under Cooperative Agreement No. 58-3J23-4-00189 between the Commodity Economics Division (CED), Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida. The assistance of Glenn Zepp, CED, ERS, USDA, in this project is greatly appreciated.

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