TY - JOUR
T1 - Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage, Government Payments, and Labor Allocation
T2 - The Case of US Farm-Operator Households
AU - Miller, Cristina D.M.
AU - Mishra, Ashok K.
AU - Villacis, Alexis H.
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PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - This study investigates the impact of health insurance coverage and participation in government counter-cyclical, conservation, and risk management programs on off-farm labor allocation decisions among US farm-operator households. Using household-level data, this study employs a simultaneous probit estimation method to estimate the empirical model. Results show that US farm-operator households with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage are also 14% more likely to work off farm. Second, farm families' off-farm work is associated with a 4% increase in health insurance coverage. Counter-cyclical, conservation, risk management payments have a negative and significant effect on US farm-operator households' off-farm work decisions.
AB - This study investigates the impact of health insurance coverage and participation in government counter-cyclical, conservation, and risk management programs on off-farm labor allocation decisions among US farm-operator households. Using household-level data, this study employs a simultaneous probit estimation method to estimate the empirical model. Results show that US farm-operator households with employer-sponsored health insurance coverage are also 14% more likely to work off farm. Second, farm families' off-farm work is associated with a 4% increase in health insurance coverage. Counter-cyclical, conservation, risk management payments have a negative and significant effect on US farm-operator households' off-farm work decisions.
KW - Agricultural Resource Management Survey
KW - beginning farmers
KW - counter-cyclical payments
KW - off-farm labor supply
KW - risk management payments
KW - two-stage simultaneous probit model
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U2 - 10.22004/ag.econ.316759
DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.316759
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85163785807
SN - 1068-5502
VL - 48
SP - 158
EP - 177
JO - Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
JF - Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
IS - 1
ER -