The Role of Farm Ownership in Off-Farm Work Participation

Tavernier, Edmund M.; Temel, Tugrul; Li, Farong

doi:10.1017/s1068280500000848

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“…However, this variable is not statistically significant during the 1994–1995 period. Our results contrast with previous findings that a higher percentage of tenancy reduces labour market participation (Tavernier et al. , 1997; Mishra and Goodwin, 1998).…”

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Agricultural Policy Reform and Off‐farm Labour Decisions

Serra¹,

Goodwin²,

Featherstone³

2005

J Agricultural Economics

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Off-farm labour decisions of a sample of Kansas farmers are evaluated. The central question of our analysis pertains to whether 1996 US farm policy reforms may have altered the decisions to work off the farm. The effects of policy decoupling on off-farm labour are complex: different aspects of policy changes can have opposing effects on off-farm work decisions. Essentially, this makes this issue an empirical question. Results show that the introduction of fixed, decoupled payments in 1996 might have reduced the likelihood of off-farm labour participation. However, the new policy environment may have increased farm households' revealed aversion to risk, motivating a higher participation in non-farm labour markets. The effects of 1996 policy reforms on farm income variability could have been attenuated by changes in US crop insurance programmes and by an increase in emergency assistance payments towards the end of the 1990s. The reduction in price supports may have increased the motivation for working off the farm. The net effect of the overall reforms on off-farm work participation is not likely to have been large. Copyright 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Agricultural Policy Reform and Off‐farm Labour Decisions

Serra¹,

Goodwin²,

Featherstone³

2005

J Agricultural Economics

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“…However, Reardon et al (1992) argue that household income can actually increase off-farm work, though they also report that the empirical evidence is ambiguous. Most studies, however, find an unambiguous negative relation between household income and off-farm work in developed countries (Lass and Gempesaw 1992;Edmond and Crabtree 1994;Tavernier et al 1997;Serra et al 2005). Finally, we found a single study on a developing country (Zimbabwe) with the same negative effect (Matshe and Young 2004).…”

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“…Most studies, however, find an unambiguous negative relation between household income and off‐farm work in developed countries (Lass and Gempesaw ; Edmond and Crabtree ; Tavernier et al . ; Serra et al . ).…”

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Farm and farmer characteristics and off‐farm work: evidence from Algeria

Bouchakour

Saad

2019

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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Off‐farm work is a widespread, two‐edged, phenomenon that can help both the survival and the demise of small‐ and medium‐sized agricultural exploitations. Given the prevalence of poverty in rural areas, nonfarm income has been credited with helping farmers to survive. But the observed shrinking of rural areas has also raised the question of whether off‐farm work is pulling farmers permanently away from farming. This paper explores the impact of farmer characteristics on the decision to work off‐farm in developing countries where this phenomenon has been largely neglected. A review of theory and prior empirical work suggests four main hypotheses which we test empirically. The results suggest that while some farmer characteristics appear to be universal, others appear to be country‐ or culture‐specific.

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“…Although average annual gross sales provide a measure of farm size, it does not necessarily follow that such sales provide most of the income of farm households. Tavernier et al (1997) show that off-farm income plays a major part in the income of farm households. Thus a farm operator with sales of $10 000-$49 999 per year and off-farm income of over $150 000 per year generates at most 25% of income from farming.…”

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Agricultural Policy as a Social Engineering Tool: A New Jersey Case Study

Tavernier

2006

Rev Urban & Reg Develop

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This study uses logistic regression to examine the preferences for social engineering policies in the agricultural sector in a New Jersey case study. It finds that farm operators are unlikely to support a policy allowing countries to restrict trade to pursue domestic economic and social policy goals if the policies affect international trade. In particular, it suggests that farm operators with annual gross sales including government payments between $500 000 and $999 999 are 80 percent less likely to indicate such a preference. Farm operators with advanced degrees, some college education, and a high school diploma are also unlikely to indicate such a preference. In contrast, farm operators who receive no income from farming or ranching and those who receive a percentage of family income from farming or ranching indicate that countries should be allowed to restrict trade to pursue domestic economic and social policy goals even if the policies affect international trade.

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The Role of Farm Ownership in Off-Farm Work Participation

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Agricultural Policy Reform and Off‐farm Labour Decisions

Agricultural Policy Reform and Off‐farm Labour Decisions

Farm and farmer characteristics and off‐farm work: evidence from Algeria

Agricultural Policy as a Social Engineering Tool: A New Jersey Case Study

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