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Day Labor Research

This section contains academic studies, government reports and other resources for day laborers and day labor advocates. NELP is not responsible for the accuracy of the data in the reports.  Inclusion here does not represent endorsement by the National Employment Law Project.

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Academic Studies
Day Labor in New York: Findings from the New York Day Labor Survey, Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Center for the Study of Urban Poverty Institute for Social Science Research UCLA and Edwin Melendez, Community Development and Research Center, Robert J. Milano School of Management and Urban Policy New School University (2003).
 
Conditions and Legal Consciousness of Homeless Day Laborers in Tucson, Arizona, Kelly Eitzen Smith, Center for Applied SOciology, Department of Sociology, The University of Arizona (2003).

Day Labor, Low-wage Work and Immigrant Employment Opportunities in Chicago, Nik Theodore, Urban Planning and Policy Planning and Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago and Chirag Mehta, Center for Urban Economic Development (2001).
 
A Fair Day's Pay? Homeless Day Laborers in Chicago, Nikolas Theodore, Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago (2000).
 
Challenging Exploitation and Abuse: A Study of the Day Labor Industry in Clevelend, Daniel Kerr and Chris Dole, Cleveland Homeless Oral History Project (2001).

Day Laborers in Southern California: Findings from the Preliminary Survey, Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Center for the Study of Urban Poverty Institute for Social Science Research UCLA (1999). 

Government Reports
GAO Report: Labor's Efforts to Enforce Protections for Day Laborers Could Benefit From Better Data and Guidance. United States General Accounting Office, Report to the Hon. Luis V. Gutierrez, U.S. House of Representatives. (September 2002)

 

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