Health Insurance Coverage, Government Payments, and Labor Allocation

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The aging of the farmer population has led to concern about a shortage of beginning farmers and ranchers. This study investigates the impact of health insurance coverage and participation in government and private insurance programs on off-farm labor allocation decisions of beginning farm-operator households in the United States. We use farm household-level data from the 2015 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and the simultaneous Probit estimation method to estimate our empirical model. Results show that beginning farm-operator households with health insurance coverage from off-farm jobs are 14% more likely to work off the farm. Our analysis also depicts a negative relationship between the receipt of counter-cyclical, conservation, risk management payments, and off-farm work by beginning farm-operator households.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15262

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models ; Health Insurance, Public and Private ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy ; Agricultural Labor Markets ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
• Subject: Agricultural Resource Management Survey ; beginning farm-operator household ; counter-cyclical payments ; risk management payments ; health insurance coverage ; off-farm labor supply ; two-stage simultaneous probit model

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Miller, Cristina ; Mishra, Ashok K.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/263478
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET