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peer-reviewed research article

Employment on California farms

authors

John W. Mamer, Cooperative Extension, Berkeley
Varden Fuller, Experiment Station. Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 32(11):10-11. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v032n11p10. November 1978.

author affiliations

John W. Mamer is Agricultural Economist, Cooperative Extension, Berkeley; Varden Fuller is Professor Emeritus, Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Economist in the Experiment Station. Davis.

abstract

Although technology will continue to be developed and used on California farms, greater stability in employer-employee relations (stimulated by modern labor management, collective bargaining, Unemployment Insurance, and non-wage benefits) is likely to displace as many farm workers.

author notes

Both are members of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics.