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The Impact of Human Capital on Farm Operator Household Income

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Hisham El-Osta
Hisham El-Osta*
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Economic Research Service, Hisham El-Osta is an U.S. Department of Agriculture, in Washington, D.C.
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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.

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farm householdsARMS dataquantile regressiongovernment paymentshuman capitaloff-farm wages and salaries
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , April 2011 , pp. 95 - 115
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Copyright © 2011 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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