Rational behavior by migrant farmworkers: organized spatial and labor patterns. From: Atlantic Economic Journal | Date: September 1, 1998| Author: Cherry, Todd Linton | COPYRIGHT 1998 Atlantic Economic Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A study was conducted on migrant agricultural workers to test the hypothesis that they organize in rational spatial and labor patterns. The data were gathered from personal interviews with 109 migrant workers during two growing seasons. The sample has an average of 8.5 years of migration and can be categorized into tree crops harvesters and ground crops harvesters. Results confirmed the hypothesis and showed that specialized and nonspecialized workers have similar level of spatial pattern org...

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