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ISBN 10: 0128164093
ISBN 13: 9780128164099
Author: Edward Taylor,Diane Charlton
The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective explores the unique character of agricultural labor markets and the implications for food production, farm worker welfare and advocacy, and immigration policy. Agricultural labor markets differ from other labor markets in fundamental ways related to seasonality and uncertainty, and they evolve differently than other labor markets as economies develop. We weave economic analysis with the history of agricultural labor markets using data and real-world events. The farm labor history of California and the United States is particularly rich, so it plays a central role in the book, but the book has a global perspective ensuring its relevance to Europe and high-income Asian countries.
The chapters in this book provide readers with the basics for understanding how farm labor markets work (labor in agricultural household models, farm labor supply and demand, spatial market equilibria); farm labor and immigration policy; farm labor organizing; farm employment and rural poverty; unionization and the United Farm Workers movement; the Fair Food Program as a new approach to collective bargaining; the declining immigrant farm labor supply; and what economic development in relatively low-income countries portends for the future of agriculture in the United States and other high-income countries. The book concludes with a chapter called “Robots in the Fields,” which extrapolates current trends to a perhaps not-so-distant future.
The Farm Labor Problem serves as both a guide to policy makers, farmworker advocates and international development organizations and as a textbook for students of agricultural economics and economics.
- Describes the unique character of agricultural labor markets providing consequential insights
- Contextualizes the economics of agricultural labor with a global perspective
- Examines the history of farm labor, immigration, policy and collective bargaining with a view to the future
The Farm Labor Problem A Global Perspective 1st Table of contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Abstract
The Problem of Farm Labor Demand
The Problem of Farm Labor Supply
Equilibrium in Farm Labor Markets
A Continuum From Family Farming to an Immigrant Farm Workforce
The End of Farm Labor Abundance
Robots in the Fields
Chapter 2: Agricultural Labor Demand
Abstract
Modeling Agricultural Labor Demand
An Uncertain Relationship
An Example: Lettuce Labor Demand on California’s Central Coast
Rethinking the Production Function
Volatility in Farm Labor Demand
What Do the Data Show?
Why Seasonality Matters So Much
Appendix A
Appendix B
Chapter 3: The Farm Labor Supply: Who Does Farm Work and Who Does Not?
Abstract
How Much to Work?
Where to Work?
The Lewis Model: Too Much Labor on the Farm
Migration and Unemployment: The Harris-Todaro Model
The Mover-Stayer Model With Heterogeneous Individuals
Applying the Mover-Stayer Model to Data
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Chapter 4: Equilibrium and Immigration in the Farm Labor Market
Abstract
A Spatial Equilibrium
Immigration Changes Everything
Follow-the-Crop Migration Redistributes Workers Within Countries
Linking Labor Supply With Demand: Farm Worker Recruitment
The Challenges of Seasonality for Workers and Communities
Immigration and Farm Labor Across Countries
Appendix A
Chapter 5: Labor in an Agricultural Household
Abstract
Agricultural Households as Producers
Agricultural Households as Consumers
Putting Production and Consumption Together: An Autarkic Chayanovian Farm Household
Labor in an Agricultural Household Model With Well-Functioning Markets
The Evolution of Agricultural Households
Conclusions
Appendix
Chapter 6: Farm Labor and Immigration Policy
Abstract
Immigration and Farm Labor Market Equilibrium
Immigrant Workers in US Agriculture
From Railroad to Farm Worker
Japanese Workers Replace the Chinese
Dustbowl Migration Crowds Out Immigrant Labor in the Fields
War Changes Everything
The Second Bracero Program (1942–64)
Illegal Immigration After the Bracero Program
The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act
Unintended Consequences: The Impacts of IRCA on US Agriculture
Importing Legal Farm Workers (at a Cost): The H-2A Program
Efforts at Immigration and Farm Labor Reform After IRCA
Guest Worker Programs in Other Countries
Immigration and the Domestic Farm Labor Supply: Chicken or Egg?
Immigration Policy and Agriculture: Some Final Thoughts
Chapter 7: Farm Labor Organizing From Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers to Fair Foods
Abstract
The Plight of Farm Workers in America
Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union
The Decline of Farm Labor Unions
How the “Salad Bowl Strike” Backfired
Boycotts: A More Effective Bargaining Tool
Farm Labor Unions Around the World
The Fair Food Movement
The Economics of Fair Food: Turning Market Power on Its Head
Fair Foods on a Country Scale?
“Pricing In” the Ethical Treatment of Farmworkers
Using Labels to Help Consumers Make More Informed Decisions
Coordination of Consumers, Unions, and NGOs Across International Borders
Reasons for Hope
Chapter 8: The End of Farm Labor Abundance
Abstract
When the Farm Labor Supply Becomes Less Elastic
Was There a Shift in the Farm Labor Supply? A Quasinatural Experiment
How Quickly Is the Workforce From Rural Mexico Shifting Out of Agricultural Work? An Econometric Analysis
A Region-by-Region Look at the Declining Farm Labor Supply
Why Does the Farm Labor Supply Become More Inelastic?
Beyond Mexico and the United States: A Global Trend
Farmers’ Options in an Era of Labor Scarcity
Chapter 9: Robots in the Fields
Abstract
The UC Tomato Harvester
Modeling the Economics of Labor-Saving Technology Adoption
Responses to a Shrinking Farm Labor Supply
A Surge in Agricultural Innovation
Conclusion
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