%0 Journal Article
%T Intensity of Off-Farm Employment and Its Impact on Wage Distribution: Does the Source of Health Insurance Coverage Matter?
%A Hisham S. El-Osta
%J Theoretical Economics Letters
%P 1713-1734
%@ 2162-2086
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/tel.2017.76116
%X The determinants of
off-farm wages, with emphasis on the role of working </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">full-time</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> off the farm, are examined using data from the 2015 Agricultural
Resource Management Survey and quantile regression. The targeted groups of farm
operators for the analysis are based on whether health insurance coverage is
obtained from the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">off-farm</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> employer, and whether it
is obtained from </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">other</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> sources. Findings
indicate a negative association between </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡°</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">full-time</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">¡±</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> off-farm work and off-farm wages among farm operators in both categories
who are at the higher portions of their respective off-farm wage distributions,
which is in accordance with the compensating differential prediction.
%K Agricultural Resource Management Survey
%K Off-Farm Wage Gap
%K Full-Time Work
%K Health Insurance Coverage
%K Quantile Regression
%K Semi-Nonparametric Regression
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=79661