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peer-reviewed research article

Farm labor contractors

authors

Suzanne Vaupel, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis
Philip L. Martin, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 40(3):12-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v040n03p12. March-April 1986.

author affiliations

Suzanne Vaupel is Visiting Agricultural Economist, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis. Philip L. Martin is Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis.

abstract

They provide about a fifth of all farmworkers in CaliforniaFarm labor contracting has a long history in California and still provides a major share of farmworkers.