Day Labor in the Golden State


 

Publication Date: July 2007

Publisher: Public Policy Institute of California

Author(s): Arturo Gonzalez

Research Area: 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.