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Between 1959 and 1963, the state farm grew from nothing to become the dominant sector of Cuban agriculture. But while the workers gained permanent guaranteed employment and greatly enhanced health care, educational opportunity and other social benefits, output failed to expand significantly under the new system.
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Ghai, D., Kay, C., Peek, P. (1988). The State Farms. In: Labour and Development in Rural Cuba. The Macmillan Series of ILO Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09718-0_4
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