Expanded production of labor-intensive crops increases agricultural employment
Expanded production of labor-intensive crops increases agricultural employment
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扩大劳动密集型作物生产增加农业就业
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2004
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P. Hardiman
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A. Khan;Philip Martin;P. Hardiman
20世纪90年代，劳动密集型水果、蔬菜和园艺特色作物的生产增加，农业工人的就业也增加了：平均年就业人数或全年就业人数增加了约20%，达到近40万人。然而，一年中在加州农场工作的人要多得多。2001年，农业雇主在缴纳失业保险税时报告了110万人（独特的社会保障号码）。我们分析了1991年、1996年和2001年这些农场工人的工作和收入。在20世纪90年代，每年大约有三个人被雇佣从事同等的工作，而且农民通过农业劳动承包商雇佣工人。调查结果表明，雇用较少的农场劳动力是可能的，每个工人的工作时间更长，收入更高。
The production of labor-intensive fruit, vegetable and horticultural specialty crops increased in the 1990s, as did the employment of farmworkers: average annual employment or roughly the number of year-round equivalent jobs rose about 20%, to almost 400,000. Far more individuals, however, are employed on California farms during the year. Agricultural employers reported 1.1 million individuals (unique Social Security numbers) when they paid unemployment insurance taxes in 2001. We analyzed the jobs and earnings of these farmworkers in 1991, 1996 and 2001. About three individuals were employed for each year-round equivalent job in the 1990s, and there was a shift to farmers hiring workers via farm labor contractors. The findings suggest that it may be possible to employ a smaller total farm workforce, with each worker employed more hours and achieving higher earnings.