IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/nareaj/159013.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Causes Of Low Returns To Farm Labor In The U.S.: An Analysis Of Factor Market Interactions

Author

Listed:
  • Mason, Bert

Abstract

Despite massive off-farm migration and relatively prosperous agricultural years, estimates of returns to factors of production indicate that labor earnings in agriculture remain low. This is primarily caused by farm factor market characteristics and the resulting tendency of any increase in farm income to be capitalized into land values.

Suggested Citation

  • Mason, Bert, 1978. "Causes Of Low Returns To Farm Labor In The U.S.: An Analysis Of Factor Market Interactions," Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 7(1), pages 1-6, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:nareaj:159013
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.159013
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/159013/files/Causes%20of.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.159013?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Philip M. Raup, 1965. "Discussion: Land Values and Agricultural Income: A Paradox?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 47(5), pages 1273-1277.
    2. K. L. Robinson, 1975. "Unstable Farm Prices: Economic Consequences and Policy Options," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 57(5), pages 769-777.
    3. Hottel, J. Bruce & Reinsel, Robert D, 1976. "Returns to Equity Capital by Economic Class of Farm," Agricultural Economic Reports 307617, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Walter E. Chryst, 1965. "Land Values and Agricultural Income: A Paradox?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 47(5), pages 1265-1273.
    5. Robinson, K.L., 1975. "Unstable Farm Prices: Economic Consequences and Policy Options," 1975 Annual Meeting, August 10-13, Columbus, Ohio 284106, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    6. Varden Fuller & Bert Mason, 1977. "Farm Labor," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 429(1), pages 63-80, January.
    7. Earl O. Heady, 1949. "Basic Economic and Welfare Aspects of Farm Technological Advance," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(2), pages 293-316.
    8. Mason Gaffney, 1965. "The Benefits of Farm Programs: Incidence, Shifting, and Dissipation," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 47(5), pages 1252-1263.
    9. Bratton, C.A., 1975. "Dairy Farm Management: Business Summary New York 1974," EB Series 184720, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mason, Bert, 1978. "Causes Of Low Returns To Farm Labor In The U.S.: An Analysis Of Factor Market Interactions," Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 0(Number 1), pages 1-6, April.
    2. White, Fred C. & Musser, Wesley N. & Sheffield, A. R., 1977. "Some Evidence on the Declining Effect of Farm Consolidation on Farm Real Estate Prices," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 9(2), pages 99-104, December.
    3. Langley, Suchada V. & Meyers. William H., 1980. "The Soybean Sector in the 1970's: An Analysis of Price Variability," 1980 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 279237, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    4. Jet Yee & Mary Clare Ahearn, 2005. "Government policies and farm size: does the size concept matter?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(19), pages 2231-2238.
    5. Jelínek, Ladislav & Medonos, Tomáš & Foltýn, Ivan & Humpál, Jaroslav & Boyinová, Sumudu, 2018. "Social and Economic Consequences of Direct Payments Capping and Redistribution on the Czech Large-scale Farms," 162nd Seminar, April 26-27, 2018, Budapest, Hungary 272052, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Trapp, James N. & Thompson, Stanley R., 1977. "Grain Exports As A Source Of Agricultural Instability," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, July.
    7. Miller, Thomas A., 1984. "Increasing World Market Fluctuations And U. S. Agriculture: A Summary Of Implications," Staff Reports 277649, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    8. Frederick I. Johnson, 1989. "Price Supports under Uncertainty: The U.S. Oats Market," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 33(1), pages 36-44, March.
    9. Cox, Linda & Sporleder, Thomas L. & Chavas, Jean-Paul, 1982. "Cash Market Tests of the Weak Form Efficient Market Hypothesis," 1982 Annual Meeting, August 1-4, Logan, Utah 279133, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    10. Crown, Robert Walter, 1972. "A model of income distribution by size-class with application to the results of technical change," ISU General Staff Papers 197201010800005727, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    11. Peterson, Willis L. & Hayami, Yujiro, 1977. "Technical Change in Agriculture," A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 1: Traditional Fields of Agricultural Economics 1940s to 1970s,, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    12. Poray, A., 1983. "The Land Resource: A Look At Recent Agricultural Rents In South Africa," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 22(2), October.
    13. Blandford, David, 1978. "Regional Impact Of Trade Liberalization On The Income Of U.S. Grain/Livestock Farmers," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 3(1), pages 1-8, July.
    14. Knutson, Ronald D., 1979. "The structure of agriculture: An evaluation of conventional wisdom," Agricultural Outlook Forum Archive 1923 - 1997 325902, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum.
    15. Getu Hailu, 2023. "Reflections on technological progress in the agri‐food industry: Past, present, and future," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 71(1), pages 119-141, March.
    16. Boehm, William T. & Penn, J.B., 1978. "Research Issues Reemphasized by 1977 Food Policy Legislation," Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports 142841, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    17. Brake, John R. & Melichar, Emanuel, 1977. "Agricultural Finance and Capital Markets," A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 1: Traditional Fields of Agricultural Economics 1940s to 1970s,, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    18. Krakar, Janice Eileen, 1990. "Canadian agriculture factor retention under different policy regimes," ISU General Staff Papers 1990010108000010380, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    19. Brandow, G.E., 1977. "PART III. Policy for Commerical Agriculture, 1945-71," AAEA Monographs, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 337215.
    20. Castle, Emery N. & Kelso, Maurice M. & Stevens, Joe B. & Stoevener, Herbert H., 1981. "PART III. Natural Resource Economics, 1946-75," AAEA Monographs, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 337228.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:nareaj:159013. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/nareaea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.