Determinants of Off-Farm Labor Force Participation: Implications for Low Income Farm Families

Venkateshwar K. Reddy and Jill L. Findeis

Review of Agricultural Economics, 1988, vol. 10, issue 1, 91-102

Abstract: Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, off-farm labor participation models are developed for U.S. farm operators and spouses for 1978 and 1984. Actual data for a sample of low income farm households are used in conjunction with the estimated models to determine if these families possess characteristics conducive to off-farm work. Members of low income farm families are less likely to work off-farm. Participation in off-farm work among older farm families is constrained by the farm operator's education and the ages of both spouses. Among younger farm families, the presence of young children and regional location represent important constraints.

Date: 1988
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