Publications by Maoyong Fan
Where Did All the Migrants Farm Workers Go?
July 29, 2016 • Policy Brief • By Maoyong Fan and Jeffrey Perloff
Since the late 1990s, the share of agricultural workers who migrate within the United States fell by about 60%. On average over this period, one-third of the drop in the…
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…