Feast or flee: Government payments and labor migration from U.S. agriculture

Jeremy M. D'Antoni; Ashok K. Mishra; Andrew P. Barkley

doi:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2011.10.002

Feast or flee: Government payments and labor migration from U.S. agriculture

Jeremy M. D'Antoni, Ashok K. Mishra, Andrew P. Barkley

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Abstract

Government payments have been a part of agriculture since 1933 and at no time has the government stated a policy objective of decreasing the agricultural labor force. The reality of the matter may be considerably different. Using time series data and new econometric techniques, this study finds agricultural policy may have an unintended impact on labor migration. Specifically, we find that government payments increased labor migration from the farm. From 1939 to 2007, increased direct government payments resulted in greater migration of labor from agriculture. Government policy appears to have shown limited success at sustaining the agricultural labor force.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	181-192
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Policy Modeling
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2011.10.002
State	Published - Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Agricultural policy
Direct government payments
Farm households
Farm income
Labor migration
Time-series analysis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics

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