The Effects of Large-Scale Hog Production on Local Labor Markets

Stacy Sneeringer () and Tom Hertz ()

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2013, vol. 45, issue 01, 20

Abstract: Although the negative externalities of large-scale hog production have been well studied, econometric estimates of its potentially positive labor markets effects are lacking.We use the geographic shifts in large-scale hog production between 1992 and 2007 to estimate such production’s effects on local farm and nonfarm labor markets. We find that every additional 1000 head at large-scale facilities in a county generates 0.57 additional large-scale hog operation jobs, 0.04 fewer small-scale hog operation jobs, 0.16 fewer nonhog-related agricultural jobs, and 0.59 additional nonfarm jobs, for a total of 0.96 jobs. Our total estimate is lower than previous ones based on input–output modeling.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.143637

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