Trends in Farm Wages, Farm and Nonfarm Income, Industrial Production and Unemployment

Louis H. Bean

No 339182, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Tables and charts included: Table 1. Gross income from farm production, expenditures for labor and value of farm implements and machinery on farms, by types of farms, 1899 and 1929. --- Table 2. Proportion of farm cash income spent for wages, for operating farm motor equipment, including depreciation allowance on all farm machinery, selected years, 1910-39. --- Chart 1. Relation of employment in agriculture to the size of the agricultural enterprise. --- Chart 2. Farm wages and per capita farm and nonfarm income, 1910-39. --- Table 3. Farm wage rates (without board) per month and per day and per capita total and per capita farm income (cash). --- Chart 3. Working population in agriculture, percent of U. S. total gainful workers 10 years and over. --- Chart 4. Industrial production, industrial employment and unemployment. --- Table 4. Relation of national income to cash wages paid to hired farm labor.

Keywords: Farm Management; Financial Economics; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 1940-05
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.339182

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