Off-farm labor participation decisions of married farm couples and the role of government payments

Hisham S. El-Osta; Ashok K. Mishra; Mitchell J. Morehart

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.00406.x

Off-farm labor participation decisions of married farm couples and the role of government payments

Hisham S. El-Osta, Ashok K. Mishra, Mitchell J. Morehart

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The determinants of off-farm work by married farm couples are examined using data from the 2004 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and multinomial logistic regression. Expected government payment is found important in decreasing the likelihood of off-farm work strategies involving work by the husband only or by both husband and wife relative to a strategy of no work by either husband or wife. The marginal impact of government payments on the probability of the wife working off farm alone is found positive suggesting the possibility of nonpecuniary motives for off-farm employment for 21% of farm households in the selected weighted sample.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	311-332
Number of pages	22
Journal	Review of Agricultural Economics
Volume	30
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.00406.x
State	Published - Jun 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Agronomy and Crop Science
Economics and Econometrics

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