The impact of coupled and decoupled government subsidies on off-farm labor participation of U.S. farm operators

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-408

  Ahearn, Mary Clare ^a   El Osta, Hisham ^a   Dewbre, Joe ^b  

^a Economic Research Service   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

ARMS; Decoupled payments; Farm households; Off farm labor; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; FARMING SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR PARTICIPATION;

EID: 33645741617     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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