AN ANALYSIS OF THE OFF-FARM WORK DECISION OF FARM OPERA TORS AND THEIR SPOUSES

Steven E. Hastings, John Mackenzie and Jaideep Mukherjee

No 271083, 1991 Annual Meeting, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Off-farm work by farm operators and their spouses continues to be an important and stabilizing source of income. This paper models the joint off-farm work decision of farm operators and their spouses using a bivariate probit analysis. Implications for rural economic development policy are discussed.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1991-08-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.271083

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