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The Impact of Human Capital on Farm Operator Household Income

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Data from the 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and multivariate regression procedures are used to examine the role of human capital in impacting the incomes of farm households. The paper uses an “adjusted” concept of income where government payments are subtracted from total household income thus allowing for the utilization of government payments as a potential control variable in the regression models. Findings indicate a significant and positive role for higher education except for farm households at the very lower and upper ends of the income distribution.

Source: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

DOI: 10.1017/s1068280500004548

Author: Hisham El-Osta

Institutions: Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Language: English

Topic: Agricultural economics and policies

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Decent work and economic growth, Zero hunger, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1501136959

FWCI: 13.24

Cites: 117

Cited by: 35

Related to: 10