The Immigrant Subsidy in US Agriculture
Farm Employment, Poverty, and Welfare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4120594 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Edward Taylor (0000-0002-5987-8112), Philip Martins (0000-0002-8456-9725), Philip L Martins, PHILIP L MARTIN |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 855 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2137387 |
| OpenAlex | W1993312362 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article examines relationships between immigration farm employment poverty and welfare use in 65 towns and cities with populations ranging from 1000 to 20000 in 1990 in the major agricultural areas of California. It tests the hypothesis that expanding labor-intensive agriculture creates a negative externality by drawing large numbers of workers from Mexico offering many of them poverty-level earnings and increasing public assistance use in rural towns. Econometric findings reveal a circular relationship between farm employment and immigration. An additional 100 farm jobs are associated with 136 more immigrants 139 more poor residents and 79 more people receiving welfare benefits in rural towns. An additional 100 immigrants in turn are associated with 37 more farm jobs. Most of the impact of farm employment on poverty is indirect through immigration. (EXCERPT) (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Poverty · Subsidy · Welfare · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Undocumented Mexico—U.S. Migration and the Returns to Households in Rural Mexico
The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-skilled Natives
The Economics of Immigration
A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures
The Substitutability of Natives and Immigrants in Production
Undocumented Immigration and Unemployment of U.S. Youth and Minority Workers
Geographic Distribution of Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented Mexican immigrants and the earnings of other workers in the United States
New Estimates of Undocumented Mexican Migration and the Probability of Apprehension
Immigration
The Immigration Debate
Immigration, Trade, and the Labor Market
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2010 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |