2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'An estimated 7.8 million people live and work in the United States
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without authorized status. We examined the extent to which legal status
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makes them vulnerable to employment discrimination despite technically
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being protected under labor laws. We used three decades of data from the
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nationally representative National Agricultural Workers Survey, which
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provides four categories of self-reported legal status. We first
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investigated how legal status affected the wages and income of Mexican
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immigrant farmworkers using linear regression analyses. Then, we used
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Blinder-Oaxaca models to decompose the wage and income gap across the
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1989 to 2016 period, categorized into five eras. Unauthorized
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farmworkers earned significantly lower wages and income compared to
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those with citizen status, though the gap narrowed over time.
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Approximately 57\% of the wage gap across the entire period was
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unexplained by compositional characteristics. While the
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unauthorized/citizen wage gap narrowed across eras, the unexplained
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proportion increased substantially-from approximately 52\% to 93\%. That
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the unexplained proportion expanded during eras with increased
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immigration enforcement and greater migrant selectivity supports claims
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that unauthorized status functions as a defining social position. This
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evidence points to the need for immigration reform that better supports
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fair labor practices for immigrants.'
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affiliation: 'Scott, J (Corresponding Author), Louisiana State Univ, Sch Social Work,
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2167 Pleast Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA.
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Scott, Jennifer, Louisiana State Univ, Sch Social Work, 2167 Pleast Hall, Baton
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Rouge, LA 70803 USA.
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Hale, Joanna Mhairi, Univ St Andrews, Sch Geog \& Sustainable Dev, St Andrews, Fife,
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Scotland.
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Padilla, Yolanda C., Univ Texas Austin, Steve Hicks Sch Social Work, Child Welf,
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Austin, TX 78712 USA.'
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author: Scott, Jennifer and Hale, Joanna Mhairi and Padilla, Yolanda C.
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author-email: 'jenscott@lsu.edu
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Jo.Hale@st-andrews.ac.uk
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ypadilla@utexas.edu'
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author_list:
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- family: Scott
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given: Jennifer
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- family: Hale
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given: Joanna Mhairi
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- family: Padilla
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given: Yolanda C.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/s11113-021-09652-9
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earlyaccessdate: APR 2021
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eissn: 1573-7829
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files: []
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issn: 0167-5923
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journal: POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW
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keywords: 'Immigration status; Wage discrimination; Latinos; Farmworkers;
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Undocumented; Inequality'
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keywords-plus: 'UNITED-STATES; LABOR-MARKET; LEGAL STATUS; CONTROL ACT; WORKERS;
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EARNINGS; REFORM; MIGRATION; MIGRANTS; MOBILITY'
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language: English
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month: OCT
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number: '5'
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number-of-cited-references: '69'
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orcid-numbers: Hale, Jo Mhairi/0000-0003-1343-3879
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pages: 861-893
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papis_id: 7e80a680e6323c7375fd3c8bb398a9d4
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ref: Scott2021immigrationstatus
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times-cited: '3'
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title: 'Immigration Status and Farmwork: Understanding the Wage and Income Gap Across
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US Policy and Economic Eras, 1989-2016'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000636155400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '40'
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web-of-science-categories: Demography
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year: '2021'
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