提高农业部门劳动违规行为的检测:H-2A违规计数的多层次通用线性回归模型
Arezoo Jafari1, Priscila De Azevedo Drummond1, Shawn Bhimani2
1Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
PloS one
|May 17, 2024
概括
农业工人,特别是持H-2A签证的工人,面临劳工违法行为. 农场规模和贫困等国家级因素与检测到的H-2A签证违规行为相关,突出需要关注的领域.
科学领域:
- 农业劳动研究是农业劳动研究.
- 在就业中的社会经济因素.
- 移民和劳动法 移民和劳动法
背景情况:
- 农业工人至关重要,但经常面临恶劣的条件和劳动违法行为.
- 由于H-2A签证工作人员的移民身份受到限制,他们尤其容易受到伤害.
- 有限的资源阻碍了有效的工地检查,以检测违规行为.
研究的目的:
- 确定与H-2A签证劳工违规相关的州和行业层面的因素.
- 了解检测到的H-2A违规行为的模式.
主要方法:
- 利用一个多层次的零膨胀负二项式模型.
- 分析了来自美国劳工部工资和小时工资部门的数据.
- 检查了与H-2A违规相关的州和行业层面的因素.
主要成果:
- 确定了与H-2A违规相关的三个重要的州级因素.
- 这些因素包括平均农场面积大小.
- 其他因素包括小型农业企业的数量 (<20名员工) 和较高的州贫困率.
结论:
- 国家层面的特征影响了检测H-2A劳工违法行为的情况.
- 调查结果为针对性干预和资源分配提供了洞察力.
- 了解这些关联可以帮助改善农业工人的工作条件.
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