Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance

Considerations in Work Choices of U.S. Farm Households: The Role of Health Insurance

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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 water bottle 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 Tank 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.