Descriptor
Income | 5 |
Migrant Workers | 5 |
Migration Patterns | 5 |
Agricultural Laborers | 3 |
Demography | 3 |
Age | 2 |
Census Figures | 2 |
Economic Factors | 2 |
Employment Patterns | 2 |
Federal Legislation | 2 |
Seasonal Laborers | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Publication Type
Reports - Research | 3 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
California | 1 |
Mexico | 1 |
Texas | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Wisconsin | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Immigration Reform and… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of National Security and International Affairs. – 1988
This report describes research on the impact of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), Public Law 99-603, on Mexico's economy and social structure. The purpose of IRCA is to control illegal immigration to the United States, and a key provision makes it illegal for employers to knowingly hire or continue to employ undocumented…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Demography, Economic Factors, Employment
Metzler, William H. – 1964
To investigate the effect of technological change upon farm labor use, a stratified random sample of 696 farm workers from a population of 12,215 in Kern County, California, provided a basis for analysis. Some major findings were: (1) The high peak of seasonal labor use has been eliminated, (2) The need for migratory labor is decreasing, (3)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Raushenbush, Elizabeth Brandeis – 1968
A review of State and Federal activities relative to migrant labor problems presents a backdrop for the report of Wisconsin's Governor's Committee on Migratory Labor for the years 1966-67. The review includes summary data on the migrants and the programs provided in Wisconsin since 1945. The current report contains data on migrant population and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Census Figures, Economic Factors, Federal Legislation
Texas Governor's Office of Migrant Affairs, Austin. – 1976
A comprehensive study of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Texas was conducted to provide an accurate estimate of this farmworker population, to obtain data about their demographic characteristics, and to determine the extent of use of social service agencies, especially those delivering services under the Comprehensive Employment and Training…
Descriptors: Age, Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Ethnic Groups
Whitener, Leslie A. – 1982
Using data obtained in December 1979 from the biennial Hired Farm Working Force Survey supplement of the Current Population Survey, case weights were applied to obtain a sample of 149 migrant farmworker case studies (selected from an estimated 217,000 migrant farmworkers) to ascertain the agricultural attachment level of migrant farmworkers in…
Descriptors: Age, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures