A comparative study of rural Virginia farm and non farm household labor supply

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dc.contributor.authorMwachofi, Ari K.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairAlwang, Jeffrey R.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairNorton, George W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStallmann, Judith I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJohnson, Thomas G.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:19:24Zen
dc.date.adate2007-10-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:19:24Zen
dc.date.issued1995-07-05en
dc.date.rdate2007-10-02en
dc.date.sdate2007-10-02en
dc.description.abstractThis study compares rural Virginia two-adult farm and non-farm household labor supply on two levels: (1) labor market participation and (2) variations in labor supply to the market and to the home. The study develops three models: a selection model, a wage rate model, and a labor supply model. Estimation is performed with data collected from rural Virginia by the Virginia Agricultural Statistical Service in 1989 and by North American Research in 1990. The estimates of the selection equations indicate significant differences in the effects of human capital and unearned income on labor market and wage employment participation of rural Virginia farm and non-farm households.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentxii, 280 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10022007-144944en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10022007-144944/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39506en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1995.M883.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34834210en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectrural employmenten
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1995.M883en
dc.titleA comparative study of rural Virginia farm and non farm household labor supplyen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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