Pesticide exposure and the physical and economic health of US crop workers

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Appl Econ Perspect Policy
• Personal Author:
  Pena, Anita Alves ; Dixon, Bryanna
• Description:
  We examine the impact of pesticide exposure on crop worker health and earnings using 2002 through 2016 data from the US Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration's National Agricultural Workers Survey. Our findings show that pesticide exposure is positively related to certain health conditions and that wage patterns are consistent with compensating wage differentials. The offsetting impacts of these equilibrium aspects are limited by how wage premia for assumed health risks depend on worker bargaining power and agency. We document differences for undocumented versus documented workers with implications for compensation and occupational health policies in this labor-intensive, essential sector.
• Subjects:
  • Article
  • compensating wage differentials
  • crop workers
  • health
  • pesticides
  • undocumented legal status
• Source:
  Appl Econ Perspect Policy. 44(4):2087-2114
• Pubmed ID:
  37538297
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10398559
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U54 OH008085/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/131729/cdc_131729_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 866.57 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3bb189b71c1f05c687769408e7f7cabccd480f4eb79a1e8847b18cd4c8543d77