Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Farm Labor Supply

1967 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 1237
Author(s):  
Varden Fuller ◽  
Calvin L. Beale
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
On Farm

Agricultural disaster programs and family farm labor supply in Taiwan

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Wu ◽  
Hung-Hao Chang ◽  
Lih-Chyun Sun
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Family Farm ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
On Farm

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of disaster relief payments on on-farm and off-farm labor supply of farm households in Taiwan. The effectiveness of the policy amendments of the disaster relief assistance programs is also examined.Design/methodology/approachA unique sample of 124,827 persons living in the family farm household in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 was used. This sample was merged into the township-level administrative profile of all of the recipients of agricultural disaster relief payments from the Natural Disaster Program in Taiwan. A fixed effect panel data model was estimated to analyze the impacts of disaster relief payments on each individual’s labor supply decision.FindingsNatural disaster payments significantly reduced individual’s propensity to work on the farm. Moreover, the higher of the payments, the higher(lower) possibility of the individual to engage in on-farm(off-farm) work. In addition, an increase in the amount of disaster payments can increase the on-farm labor supply of family farm members.Research limitations/implicationsDue to data unavailability, an individual-level panel data set is not used. Future studies can check the robustness of the finding using an individual-level panel data set.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the limited empirical evidence on agricultural relief programs.

scholarly journals Effect of Farm Income and Off-Farm Wage Variability on Off-Farm Labor Supply

2002 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok K. Mishra ◽  
Duncan M. Holthausen
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Labor Allocation ◽  
Simple Theoretical Model ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Farm Operators ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Allocation Decisions

This study models the effects of variability in farm income and off-farm wages on farm operators' labor allocation decisions. A simple theoretical model is employed to develop hypotheses, which are then tested empirically. Variability in farm income and off-farm wages is predicted to have a positive and negative effect, respectively, on off-farm hours worked. The empirical results confirm these predictions.

scholarly journals Farm Income Variability and the Supply of Off-Farm Labor by Limited-Resource Farmers

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Vergara ◽  
Keith H. Coble ◽  
George F. Patrick ◽  
Thomas O. Knight ◽  
Alan E. Baquet
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Farm Work ◽  
Income Transfers ◽  
Experience Education ◽  
The Government ◽  
Income Variability ◽  
On Farm

We study the relationship between the off-farm labor decision and the limited-resource farmers' and spouses' off-farm wages, experience, education, and sources of income. We found that farmers' and spouses' off-farm experience and wages are significant factors in explaining the off-farm labor supply decision. Contrary to expectations, farm income variability is not significant in the farmers' and spouses' decision to seek off-farm work. The off-farm labor supply of farmers and their spouses is negatively correlated with income transfers from the government. It was also found that the spouse is a residual supplier of on-farm and off-farm labor.

Agricultural Labor Supply

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra E. Hill ◽  
Izaac Ornelas ◽  
J. Edward Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Annual Review ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
Farm Work

The labor supply response to agricultural wages is critical to the viability of crop production in high-income countries, which hire a largely foreign farm work force, as well as in low-income countries, where domestic workers move off the farm as the agricultural transformation unfolds. Modeling agricultural labor supply is more challenging than modeling the supply of other agricultural inputs or of labor to other sectors of the economy owing to unique features of agricultural production and farm labor markets. Data and econometric challenges abound, and estimates of agricultural labor supply elasticities are sparse. This review explains the importance and challenges of modeling farm labor supply and describes researchers’ efforts to address these challenges. It summarizes estimates of agricultural labor supply elasticities over the last 80 years, provides insights into variation in these estimates, identifies priority areas for future research, and reviews the most influential empirical work related to this important topic. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Resource Economics, Volume 13 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

Seasonal Liquidity, Rural Labor Markets, and Agricultural Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 3351-3392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günther Fink ◽  
B. Kelsey Jack ◽  
Felix Masiye
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Liquidity Constraints ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Local Labor Markets ◽  
Rural Labor ◽  
Rural Economies ◽  
Rural Zambia ◽  
On Farm

Rural economies in many developing countries are characterized by a lean season in the months preceding harvest, when farmers have depleted their cash and grain savings from the previous year. To identify the impacts of liquidity during the lean season, we offered subsidized loans in randomly selected villages in rural Zambia. Ninety-eight percent of households took up the loan. Loan eligibility led to increases in on-farm labor and agricultural output, driving up wages in local labor markets. Larger effects for poorer households suggest that liquidity constraints contribute to inequality in rural economies. (JEL O13, O15, O18, Q11, Q12, R23)

scholarly journals Implications of Water Scarcity for Water Productivity and Farm Labor

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 308
Author(s):  
James F. Booker ◽  
W. Scott Trees
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Labor Supply ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Labor Demand ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Seasonal Workers ◽  
Response To Water

Increasing water scarcity causes a variety of pressures on agricultural production given current and growing food demands. This paper seeks to add to our understanding of water scarcity adaptations by explicitly addressing linkages between water scarcity, water productivity, cropping choices, and farm labor. We challenge the widespread claim that tightening foreign (especially Mexican) labor supply will necessarily result in less labor-intensive crop choices. Instead, by linking water scarcity and farm labor through the lens of water productivity we illustrate scenarios under which climate and technological change result in greater future labor demand in agriculture, including temporary and seasonal workers, largely due to water productivity increases resulting from switching to more labor-intensive crops. We conclude that a focus on crop choices is central to understanding changes in water productivity, labor demand, and technological innovations in response to water scarcity.

scholarly journals Farm Household Income and On- and Off-Farm Diversification

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin T. McNamara ◽  
Christoph Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Farm Household ◽  
Labor Allocation ◽  
Farm Diversification ◽  
Upper Austria ◽  
On Farm

The paper analyzes the relationship between off-farm labor allocation and on-farm enterprise diversification as farm household income stabilization strategies with census data from the federal state of Upper Austria, Austria. The results suggest that both on-farm diversification and off-farm labor allocation are related to farm and household characteristics. Larger farms tend to be more diversified. Younger farmers are more likely to work off-farm. Larger farm households tend to allocate more labor to off-farm income activities.

The Off-Farm Labor Supply of Farmers: The Case of the Chiang Mai Valley of Thailand

1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaffa Machnes Rief ◽  
Susan Hill Cochrane
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Chiang Mai
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