Author: Charlton, Diane; Castillo, Marcelo
Title: Potential Impacts of a Pandemic on the US Farm Labor Market Cord-id: ub9pngcb Document date: 2020_10_22
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Snippet: An outbreak of COVIDâ€19 among farmworkers could have significant impacts on the workers, agricultural producers, and the consumers. Farmers are implementing new labor management practices to slow the spread of the virus among workers. Since immigration is temporarily restricted, farmers may have difficulty securing a sufficient workforce. We test whether changes in the unemployment rate affected Hâ€2A guest worker demand before the pandemic and find a statistically significant negative impact
Document: An outbreak of COVIDâ€19 among farmworkers could have significant impacts on the workers, agricultural producers, and the consumers. Farmers are implementing new labor management practices to slow the spread of the virus among workers. Since immigration is temporarily restricted, farmers may have difficulty securing a sufficient workforce. We test whether changes in the unemployment rate affected Hâ€2A guest worker demand before the pandemic and find a statistically significant negative impact. Nevertheless, we expect that Hâ€2A recruitment will be vital to sustaining agricultural production. We conclude by discussing potential longâ€term impacts of the pandemic on farm labor supply and demand.
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