PROPOSED IMMIGRATION POLICY REFORM & FARM LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES

The issue of legalization for unauthorized farm workers is examined in this paper. The analytical framework uses a treatment effects approach which casts legalization as a treatment under the assumption of heterogeneity. The results show an overall positive impact of legalization on farm worker wage outcomes and with the expected positive sorting on the gains from legal status.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Walters, Lurleen M. ; Emerson, Robert D. ; Iwai, Nobuyuki
Institutions:	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA
Subject:	International Relations/Trade \| Labor and Human Capital

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Series:	2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida Number 6285
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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