Labor supply, income, and welfare of the farm household

Chang, Yang‐Ming; Huang, Bo‐Wei; Chen, Yun‐Ju

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2012.03.004

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“…The farm household's decision on time allocation is tripartite: work on‐farm, work off‐farm, and leisure (Ahearn et al., ; Chang, Huang, & Chen, ). We assume that the farm household is a homogeneous price taking unit and solves the following utility ( U ) maximization problem subject to time and budget constraints and existing production technology:

Max U = U (Q, L_{s})

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Off‐farm work and technical efficiency on U.S. dairies

Sabasi

Shumway

Astill

2019

Agricultural Economics

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In this study, we investigate the impact of an increase in farm households' off-farm work on technical efficiency (TE) of U.S. dairies. We present a theoretical framework that implies that an increase in farm household off-farm work decreases TE. We use two nationally-representative samples of U.S. dairies (2010 and 2005 Agricultural Resource Management Surveys) and a parametric approach (stochastic frontier analysis) to empirically test the hypothesis. Results are generally consistent with the hypothesis and show that an increase in off-farm work by the farm household is associated with a significant decrease in TE. In addition, results show that there is a statistically significant difference in TE between small, medium, and large farms. Small farms are associated with significantly higher off-farm work and have lower TE than large farms, which implies that less off-farm work by households with larger farms is at least partially responsible for the evidence of economies of scale in the U.S. dairy industry.

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Max U = U (Q, L_{s})

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Off‐farm work and technical efficiency on U.S. dairies

Sabasi

Shumway

Astill

2019

Agricultural Economics

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“…Menurut (Chang et al 2012), rumah tangga menyesuaikan penggunaan tenaga kerja untuk pertanian dan nonpertanian. Rumah tangga petani meningkatkan partisipasi di pasar tenaga kerja/ buruh lokal pada kegiatan nonpertanian dalam upaya meningkatkan pendapatan.…”

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Analisis Curahan Kerja Rumah Tangga Petani Pada Usahatani Padi Dan Dampaknya Terhadap Pendapatan Keluarga

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ABSTRAKRumah tangga petani di perdesaan umumnya terlibat pada berbagai kegiatan, baik pada usahatani maupun nonusahatani. Hal ini berpengaruh terhadap curahan kerja petani yang berdampak pada pendapatan rumah tangga. Oleh karena itu perlu dipelajari pola curahan kerja petani, peluang kerja pada kegiatan nonusahatani, dan faktor yang mempengaruhi curahan kerja, pendapatan, dan pengeluaran rumah tangga petani. Pertanyaan kunci penelitian adalah: 1) Bagaimana pola curahan tenaga kerja di wilayah produksi padi dan mengapa produksi padinya sangat rendah, dan 2)apakah peluang kerja non-usahatani berpengaruh terhadap curahan kerja usahatani dan factor apa saja yang mempengaruhi curahan kerja, pendapatan dan pengeluaran petani. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis curahan kerja dan faktor yang mempengaruhi pendapatan dan pengeluaran rumah tangga petani padi. Penelitian dilakukan di Kabupaten Sigi, Sulawesi Tengah, pada Desember-Januari 2015-2016, menggunakan data cross secction dengan pendekatan ekonomi rumah tangga dalam model persamaan simultan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kegiatan nonpertanian berperan penting bagi perekonomian perdesaan, terutama terhadap rumah tangga petani padi, khususnya di Kabupaten Sigi. Perannya tidak hanya dalam kontribusi pendapatan tetapi juga alokasi curahan kerja rumah tangga. Curahan tenaga kerja pria lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan wanita, baik pada kegiatan pertanian maupun nonpertanian. Sementara itu, kontribusi pendapatan rumah tangga petani dari nonpertanian lebih besar dibandingkan dengan usahatani. Konsumsi pangan adalah pengeluaran tertinggi dalam rumah tangga petani.Kata kunci: alokasi waktu kerja, rumah tangga petani, usahatani padi, nonpertanian ABSTRACT Farmers' household in the village involve in many activities both farming and non-farming activities. This involvement affect the time allocation for farming, which in turn will have impacts to the household income. Therefore, there is a need to study the time allocation pattern of farmers, non-farming job opportunities and other factors that affect the working time allocation, income and farmers' household expenditures. The research question are: (1) how the work flow patterns in the allocation of household farmers in rice production area and why rice productivity is low? (2) whether job opportunities in non farm business influence the flow of work in farming and what factors affect the flow of work, household income and farmers expenditure?. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factors that affect the working time allocation, income, and expenditure of farmers in the rice production area. The research was conducted in Sigi, Central Sulawesi Province on December 2015 -Pebruary 2016, using cross sectional data in the household based economic approach applying a model of simultaneous equations. The results showed that non-farm activities have played important roles in the rural economy, especially domestic rice farmer household. They are not only contribute to household income but also in to working time allocat...

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“…Methodologically, working with shadow wages allows to account for the simultaneity between production and consumption decisions of the household and its members Vijverberg, 1983, 1987;Jacoby, 1993;Skoufias, 1994;Schultz, 1999;Benjamin and Kimhi, 2006;and Chang et al, 2012). Non-separability may arise for several reasons: binding labor time constraints in off-farm employment, imperfect substitutability between family labor and hired labor; farmers or youth preference towards on-farm or off-farm employment, to list a few.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Non-separability may arise for several reasons: binding labor time constraints in off-farm employment, imperfect substitutability between family labor and hired labor; farmers or youth preference towards on-farm or off-farm employment, to list a few. For instance, Chang et al (2012) argued that the validity of the separation method depend crucially on whether the availability of agricultural off-farm jobs is limited or not. As we will show empirically later, in line with Bedemo (2013), the nonseparability assumption best fits the Ethiopian rural setting.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, we apply the nonseparability approach to estimate and analyse the agricultural labor supply of youth. This approach accounts for simultaneity between production and consumption decisions of the households and widespread labor market failures Vijverberg, 1983, 1987;Jacoby, 1993;Skoufias, 1994;Schultz, 1999;Benjamin and Kimber, 2006;and Chang et al, 2012). This approach provides better analysis and fit to the Ethiopian rural setting.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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