Luckstead Jeff, Nayga Rodolfo M, Snell Heather A
Appl Econ Perspect Policy. 2021 Mar;43(1):382-400. doi: 10.1002/aepp.13090. Epub 2020 Oct 1.
The impacts of COVID-19 on labor in the food supply chain and on workers' decisions to accept essential jobs are discussed. We then analyze surveys administered to low-skilled domestic workers before and during the pandemic to assess respondents' attitudes toward food production, guest workers, immigration policy, and the government's response to COVID-19. Results suggest the outbreak resulted in respondents, on average, shifting their view toward food being a national security issue and a higher degree of empathy for H-2A workers. Regression analysis shows that gender, current agricultural workers, and information on COVID-19 and agricultural field workers influenced respondents' answers.
本文讨论了新冠疫情对食品供应链劳动力以及工人接受重要工作决策的影响。接着，我们分析了在疫情之前及期间对低技能家政工人进行的调查，以评估受访者对食品生产、外来务工人员、移民政策以及政府对新冠疫情应对措施的态度。结果表明，疫情爆发使受访者平均而言将观点转向认为食品是国家安全问题，并对H-2A工人有了更高程度的同理心。回归分析显示，性别、当前农业工人以及关于新冠疫情和农业田间工人的信息影响了受访者的回答。
