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The Role of Farm Ownership in Off-Farm Work Participation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Edmund M. Tavernier ,
Tugrul T. Temel  and
Farong Li
Edmund M. Tavernier
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Rutgers University
Tugrul T. Temel
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Marketing, Rutgers University
Farong Li
Affiliation:
Johnson and Johnson Inc., New Jersey
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Abstract

A labor supply model is used to examine the relationship between farm ownership and operators’ participation in the off-farm labor market for the Northeast region. The results indicate that ownership significantly influences operators’ off-farm employment participation. In particular, part-owners significantly allocate labor services to off-farm activities. The results also show that the participation rate among part-owner operators is high partly because the availability of other income sources accelerates the process of acquiring assets to become full-owner operators.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , April 1997 , pp. 67 - 81
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Copyright © 1997 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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