Farmers and Their Search for Off-Farm Employment

Timothy S. Parker and Leslie A. Whitener

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1989, vol. 05, issue 2

Abstract: Labor force analysts predict that as many as 300,000 farmers may leave farming by the turn of the century while many others will take supplemental off-farm jobs to enable them to remain in farming. However, many farmers will have difficulty competing for nonfarm jobs because they are generally older and have less education than others in the local labor force. Another obstacle: Farmers tend to live in areas where employment opportunities are limited and wages are low. Best prospects are in the Northeast.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Labor and Human Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310570

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