Income risk and allocation of labour time: An empirical investigation

Ashok K. Mishra, Barry K. Goodwin

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Abstract

This study investigates the behaviour of risk averse farm operators in response to farm income and employment variability. Economic theory maintains that greater farm income variability should increase off-farm labour supply. On the other hand greater off-farm employment variability should decrease off-farm labour supply. This effect is confirmed for a sample of farm operators in North Carolina and Kansas using fixed and random effects models. Off-farm employment of farm operators is also found to be significantly influenced by age, efficiency, asset value, and off-farm wage rate.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1549-1555
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Economics
Volume30
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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