PROPOSED IMMIGRATION POLICY REFORM & FARM LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES



Table 2 Summary statistics of foreign farm workforce, NAWS, 1989-2006___________________

_____N=19152 workers

______N1=8097 workers

_____N0=11055 workers

Variable

Mean

Standard

Deviation

Mean

Standard

Deviation

Mean

Standard

Deviation

Lnwage

Weeks Spent

2.0351

0.2513

2.0876

0.2603

1.9966

0.2372

Abroad

6.6531

12.2887

3.7974

8.4420

8.7447

14.1097

Specialty Crop

0.7986

0.4011

0.8176

0.3862

0.7846

0.4111

Adult Education

0.2007

0.4005

0.2812

0.4496

0.1417

0.3487

After 1986

0.6148

0.4867

0.2577

0.4374

0.8763

0.3293

After 2001

0.5198

0.4996

0.4763

0.4995

0.5517

0.4973

Female

0.1615

0.3680

0.1860

0.3891

0.1436

0.3507

Married

0.6314

0.4824

0.7866

0.4097

0.5177

0.4997

English

1.7231

0.8278

2.0042

0.9055

1.5172

0.6974

Mexican

0.8873

0.3163

0.8697

0.3366

0.9001

0.2998

Education

5.9630

3.2826

5.7599

3.4046

6.1118

3.1821

Experience

10.4756

9.0697

16.6972

9.1572

5.9188

5.6548

Age

Farm Work Done

33.7474

11.8152

39.9809

11.3513

29.1819

9.9084

Last Year

Years Since

7.4226

4.3196

8.6284

3.3334

6.5394

4.7268

Immigration

Year With

11.9724

10.0984

19.1250

9.4763

6.7336

6.7813

Employer

4.5438

4.8579

6.8092

6.1175

2.8846

2.6388

California

0.3957

0.4890

0.5081

0.5000

0.3134

0.4639

Grower

0.8003

0.3998

0.8185

0.3855

0.7871

0.4094

Piece Rate

0.1839

0.3875

0.1601

0.3667

0.2014

0.4011

Seasonal Worker

Farm Work

0.6873

0.4636

0.6698

0.4703

0.7002

0.4582

Weeks

Foreign Farm

36.4671

14.5541

37.7998

12.8602

35.4910

15.6077

Work Experience

0.6830

0.4653

0.6684

0.4708

0.6936

0.4610

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