Anita Alves Pena

Effects of the Great Recession on the U.S. Agricultural Labor Market

March 1, 2015 • Working Papers • By Maoyong Fan, Anita Alves Pena and Jeffrey Perloff

Abstract Recessions typically lead to excess supply in nonagricultural labor markets. However, a major recession, like the Great Recession, has different effects in the seasonal agriculture labor market. During such…

Why Do Fewer Agricultural Workers Migrate Now?

October 1, 2014 • Working Papers • By Anita Alves Pena, Jeffrey Perloff, Maoyong Fan and Susan Gabbard

Abstract The share of agricultural workers who migrate within the United States has fallen by approximately 60% since the late 1990s. To explain this decline in the migration rate, we…