Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance
Most Americans receive their health insurance through employer-sponsored programs. Because farmers are self-employed, it has not been clear whether persons in farm households are as likely to have health insurance as all U.S. persons. We find that persons in farm-operator households are just as like...
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| author | Mary Clare Ahearn Hisham El-Osta Ashok K. Mishra |
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| description | Most Americans receive their health insurance through employer-sponsored programs. Because farmers are self-employed, it has not been clear whether persons in farm households are as likely to have health insurance as all U.S. persons. We find that persons in farm-operator households are just as likely to have health insurance coverage. The majority of farm households allocate time to off-farm work that often provides employer-sponsored insurance. We estimate a two-stage simultaneous probit model to quantify the role of health insurance in increasing the likelihood of operators and spouses allocating time to off-farm work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0591ceb47ab541b5ba4bea29fb78caec2022-12-21T23:41:53ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82852013-04-01381193310.22004/ag.econ.148243148243Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health InsuranceMary Clare AhearnHisham El-OstaAshok K. MishraMost Americans receive their health insurance through employer-sponsored programs. Because farmers are self-employed, it has not been clear whether persons in farm households are as likely to have health insurance as all U.S. persons. We find that persons in farm-operator households are just as likely to have health insurance coverage. The majority of farm households allocate time to off-farm work that often provides employer-sponsored insurance. We estimate a two-stage simultaneous probit model to quantify the role of health insurance in increasing the likelihood of operators and spouses allocating time to off-farm work.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/148243farm householdshealth insurancelabor allocation decisionsoff-farm labor supplysources of income |
| spellingShingle | Mary Clare Ahearn Hisham El-Osta Ashok K. Mishra Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics farm households health insurance labor allocation decisions off-farm labor supply sources of income |
| title | Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance |
| title_full | Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance |
| title_fullStr | Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance |
| title_short | Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance |
| title_sort | considerations in work choices of u s farm households the role of health insurance |
| topic | farm households health insurance labor allocation decisions off-farm labor supply sources of income |
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