The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour: Constraints and Community Responses

The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour Constraints and Community Responses......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Section I. The Farm Workforce - Trends, Adjustments and Technical Change......Page 13
1. Hired Farm Labour Adjustments and Constraints......Page 15
2. Examining Farm Worker Images......Page 27
3. Changes in the Labour Intensity of Agriculture: a Comparison of California, Florida and the USA......Page 37
4. Family Settlement and Technological Change in Labour-intensive US Agriculture......Page 53
Section II. Hired Farm Labour, Employers and Community Response......Page 67
5. Demographics, Income and Choices: Seasonal Farm Workers in Southwest Florida......Page 69
6. Management of Hispanic Employees on New York Dairy Farms: a Survey of Farm Managers......Page 79
7. The Dynamics of the Washington Farm Labour Market......Page 91
8.The Economic Impact of Migrant Farm Workers on Southeastern Michigan......Page 105
9. Community Response to the Introduction of Hispanic Migrant Agricultural Workers into Central Kentucky......Page 127
10. Does Experience as a US Farm Worker Provide Returns in the Mexican Labour Market?......Page 137
11. Income Distribution and Farm Labour Markets......Page 149
12. Rural Deprivation and Farm Worker Deprivation: Who's at the `Sharp End' of Rural Inequalities in Australia?......Page 163
13. The Role of the State in Manitoba Farm Labour Force Formation......Page 181
14. Cycles of Deepening Poverty in Rural California: the San Joaquin Valley Towns of McFarland and Farmersville......Page 195
Section III. Farm Worker Health and Safety......Page 209
15. Safety and Health Attitudes and Practices in Migrant Farm Labour Families......Page 211
16. Hired Farm Labour and Health Insurance Coverage......Page 231
17. Seasonal Migration: Farm Workers in the Alaska Fishing and Seafood Industry and the Impact on Health Care Systems in Communities Where They Work......Page 245
Section IV. Data Comparisons......Page 253
18. A Comparison of Data Sources for Hired Farm Labour Research: the NAWS and the CPS......Page 255
Index......Page 271