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In Bracero 2.0, Philip Martin draws on decades of research and experience to explore the role of rural Mexicans in North American agriculture, alternatives to hand workers, and policies to improve farm worker protections. Martin assesses the historical and current demand for and supply of farm labor, and the operation of the farm labor market in Canada, Mexico, and the US. He also uses statistical and survey data to provide the most reliable portrait of the five million people who work for wages on North American farms.
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Philip Martin is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis and editor of Rural Migration News. Martin has served on several federal commissions, testifies frequently before Congress, and works for UN agencies around the world on labor and migration issues. He is an award-winning author whose research focuses on the impacts of migrant workers in destination countries, the effects of emigration and remittances on sending countries, and the recruitment business that moves workers over borders.
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Bracero 2.0 provides an excellent history of Mexican workers in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Martin has decades of experience researching human capital...The book will be an excellent reference for students of all ages interested in seasonal farmworkers in Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
