Income, Wealth, and the Economic Well-Being of Farm Households

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英文名称：

Income, Wealth, and the Economic Well-Being of Farm Households

作者：

Ashok K. Mishra; Hisham S. El-Osta; Mitch Morehart; James Johnson; Jeffrey Hopkins

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=41464

关键词：

farming;  farm income;  farm households;  farm household wealth;  off-farm work;  farm typology;  farm resource regions;  operator age;  operator education;  household consumption;  farm business;  nonfarm income;  ARMS;  farm policy; 

年份：

2002

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

77 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Agricultural policy is rooted in the 1930's notion that providing transfers of money to the farm sector translates into increased economic well-being of farm families. This report shows that neither change in income for the farm sector nor for any particular group of farm business can be presumed to reflect changes confronting farm households. Farm households draw income from various sources, including off-farm work, other businesses operated and, increasingly, nonfarm investments. Likewise, focus on a single indicator of well-being, such as income, overlooks other indicators such as the wealth held by the household and the level of consumption expenditures for health care, food, housing, and other items. Using an expanded definition of economic well-being, we show that farm households as a whole are better off than the average U.S. household, but that 6 percent remain economically disadvantaged.