Family Composition and Off-Farm Participation Decisions in Israeli Farm Households

Ayal Kimhi

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2004, vol. 86, issue 2, 502-512

Abstract: This article studies the relationship between the off-farm participation behavior of farm operators and their spouses and the demographic composition of the household. We focus on farm families without parents, siblings or partners, and examine the effects of the existence of elderly children of the farm couple. We find that both the father and the mother tend to reduce their participation in off-farm work as the number of elderly children rises. This result holds even after controlling for observed characteristics. We also find that the effect of elderly children stems from considerations related to both farm production and household production. Copyright 2004, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2004
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