THE IMPACT OF LOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS ON THE OFF-FARM EARNINGS OF FARM OPERATORS

Lewell F. Gunter and Kevin T. McNamara

Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1990, vol. 22, issue 01, 11

Abstract: Local labor market characteristics are theoretically relevant to the determination of off-farm earnings of farm operators, but the empirical analysis of these effects has been hindered by a lack of appropriate data. This study employs the new census public use micro-data sample, PUMS-D, to investigate the effect of local labor market characteristics on off-farm earnings of farm operators. The PUMS-D data allow local characteristics to be defined on a labor market area basis, rather than on a political boundary basis. For a sample of Georgia farm operators, local labor market size, unemployment rates, and industrial structure were found to have significant impacts on off-farm employment and earnings.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.29901

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