Susan Gabbard

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…

A Comparison of The CPS and NAWS Surveys of Agricultural Workers

June 1, 1991 • Working Papers • By Jeffrey Perloff, Richard Mines and Susan Gabbard

Until 1988, the only continuing national survey of agricultural workers was the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS). Several researchers contend that, because the CPS samples based on household location,…