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Day Labor in the Golden State
Publication Date: July 2007
Publisher(s): Public Policy Institute of California
Author(s): Arturo Gonzalez
Funder(s): Public Policy Institute of California
Funder(s): Public Policy Institute of California
Series: California Economic Policy v.3 no.3
Topic: Labor (Work and labor)
Type: Report
Coverage: California
Abstract:
Situated on busy street corners and in front of home improvement stores, day labor markets are highly visible. Yet little is known about day laborers themselves—their demographic characteristics, economic outcomes, or working conditions. Using data from the National Day Labor Survey, this report examines the day labor population and looks at the ways local governments are responding to the presence of day labor markets in their communities.