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| Stallmann, Judith I.; Nelson, James H.. |
| Employment history affects subsequent choices. Based on their original job choice, operators are divided into farmers and workers. Equations are estimated to determine their probabilities of working off-the-farm. Education increased the probability that workers work off-the-farm, whereas vocational training increases farmers' probability. The probability of working off-the-farm decreases as unearned income increases, and its impact on workers is larger than on farmers. An employed spouse increases the probability that farmers work off-the-farm, but has the opposite impact for workers. Employment density increases the probability that workers will work off-the-farm. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Off-farm employment; Part-time farming; Small farms; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15272 |
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| Evenson, Robert E.; Huffman, Wallace E.. |
| This paper presents (1) a conceptual framework for structural change when farms may be multiproduct or specialized and (2) an econometrics examination of causes of structural and total factor productivity (TFP) change for U.S. agriculture. Farm size, farm specialization, and part-time farming are the structural dimension emphasized, and they become potential channels to TFP change. Using state aggregate data starting in 1950, we conclude that input prices, public and private research, public extension, and government commodity programs have directly and indirectly caused change in U.S. farm structure and TFP. Our results suggest that changes in farm size, however, have been dominated by input price changes rather than by technology or government programs. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Farm structure; Productivity; Farm size; Farm specialization; Part-time farming; Research; Technical change; Agriculture; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28518 |
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| Lund, Philip J.. |
| The holding of a seminar on the future for ‘small farms’ requires us to consider what is meant by a ‘small farm’. This is not as straightforward as might be imagined. It presupposes an unambiguous definition of what constitutes ‘a farm’ and a means of distinguishing those farms which are considered to be ‘small’ from the remainder of other farms, that is larger farms. This in turn presupposes an accepted measure of farm size (or amalgam of such measures) and adoption of an agreed size threshold below which farms might be described as ‘small’. However the choices in respect of measure of farm size and threshold for a farm being considered as ‘small’ may depend, respectively, on the particular policy context (for example, contribution to output or employment... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm; Agricultural holding; Farm size; Small farms; Part-time farming; Consumer/Household Economics; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52847 |
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