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The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Jan. 21, 2005
Report Number RS21015
Report Type Report
Authors William G. Whittaker, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

This report introduces the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) and the concerns out of which it grew, from the perspective of labor policy (not of immigration policy). American agricultural employers have long utilized foreign workers on a temporary basis, regarding them as an important manpower resource. Often employed at low wages and under adverse conditions, such alien workers, some argue, may compete unfairly with U.S. workers. To mitigate any "adverse effect" for the domestic workforce, a system of wage floors was developed that applies, variously, both to alien and citizen workers.