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Off-Farm Employment Decisions by Massachusetts Farm Households

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Daniel A. Lass ,
Jill L. Findeis  and
M. C. Hallberg
Daniel A. Lass
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts
Jill L. Findeis
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
M. C. Hallberg
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University
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Abstract

The off-farm labor participation and supply decisions of Massachusetts farm families were estimated in a model which allows for joint decisions. The hypothesis of joint off-farm participation decisions by operators and spouses was rejected. However, there was some evidence that the hours supplied by the farm operator was dependent upon the decision by the spouse to work off-farm. Farm operators were found to respond to both family and farm characteristics in making participation and supply decisions. Spouses respond to the characteristics of the farm and family in participation decisions while family characteristics determined hours worked by the spouse.

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Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , October 1989 , pp. 149 - 159
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Copyright © 1989 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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