Kwon, Chul-Woo; Orazem, Peter F.; Otto, Daniel M. - In: Agricultural Economics 34 (2006) 1, pp. 59-67
A sample of Iowa farm couples is used to evaluate whether off-farm labor supply decisions respond to permanent and transitory components of farm income. Off-farm labor supply of both spouses declines in response to increases in permanent farm income. Farm wives also reduce off-farm labor supply...