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Nonpecuniary Job Preferences and Welfare Losses among Migrant Agricultural Workers

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Effects of nonprovision of job benefits and desirable working conditions are examined empirically for a sample of Mexican-American and illegal alien migrant agricultural workers. Welfare losses are identified in that the monetary value to workers of some absent benefits is greater than the cost to farm employers of providing the benefits. Workers' preferences for nonpecuniary benefits are also examined by socioeconomic characteristics. Illegal aliens exhibit equal or greater preference for fourteen of the fifteen nonpecuniary items under consideration.

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  • L. F. Dunn, 1985. "Nonpecuniary Job Preferences and Welfare Losses among Migrant Agricultural Workers," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 67(2), pages 257-265.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:67:y:1985:i:2:p:257-265.
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    1. Gabbard, Susan M. & Perloff, Jeffrey M, 1996. "All it takes is confidence: job search confidence and farm workers' wages, benefits, and working conditions," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt3994c6dc, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
    2. Lea, Stephen E. G. & Webley, Paul, 1997. "Pride in economic psychology," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 18(2-3), pages 323-340, April.
    3. Gabbard, Susan M. & Perloff, Jeffrey M, 1996. "All it takes is confidence: job search confidence and farm workers' wages, benefits, and working conditions," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt3994c6dc, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
    4. Jensen, Helen H. & Salant, Priscilla, 1986. "Fringe Benefits In Operator Off-Farm Labor Supply: Evidence From Mississippi And Tennessee," Staff Reports 277859, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    5. Findeis, Jill L. & Chitose, Yoshimi, 1994. "Hired Farm Labor: U.S. Trends and Survey Results for Pennsylvania," AE & RS Research Reports 257732, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.

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