Abstract
Most Americans receive their health insurance through employer-sponsored programs. Because farmers are self-employed, it has not been clear whether persons in farm households are as likely to have health insurance as all U.S. persons. We find that persons in farm-operator households are just as likely to have health insurance coverage. The majority of farm households allocate time to off-farm work that often provides employer-sponsored insurance. We estimate a two-stage simultaneous probit model to quantify the role of health insurance in increasing the likelihood of operators and spouses allocating time to off-farm work.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 19-33 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Farm households
- Health insurance
- Labor allocation decision
- Off-farm labor supply
- Source of insurance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Animal Science and Zoology
- Agronomy and Crop Science
- Economics and Econometrics