Pesticide Exposure and the Physical and Economic Health of US Crop Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Dixon B ; Pena AA
• 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Economics Emigration And Immigration Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Compensating Wage Differentials Crop Workers Economic Analysis Health Immigrant Workers Pesticides Policy Undocumented Legal Status
• ISSN:
  2040-5790
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068550
• Citation:
  Appl Econ Perspect Policy 2022 Dec; 44(4):2087-2114
• Contact Point Address:
  Anita Alves Pena, Department of Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
• Email:
  anita.pena@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6576fdd798c2b3240097439f72cb8ed184633642d22ce3f37edc3dd8fce2d23832177ad176a66732d46a67c91d259aa3c735b74b95b59497193b1cd664853ddd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207161/cdc_207161_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.75 MB ]