@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp15262, author={Miller, Cristina D. M. and Mishra, Ashok K.}, title={Health Insurance Coverage, Government Payments, and Labor Allocation}, year={2022}, month={Apr}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={15262}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp15262}, abstract={The aging of the farmer population has led to concern about a shortage of beginning farmers and ranchers. This study investigates the impact of health insurance coverage and participation in government and private insurance programs on off-farm labor allocation decisions of beginning farm-operator households in the United States. We use farm household-level data from the 2015 Agricultural Resource Management Survey and the simultaneous Probit estimation method to estimate our empirical model. Results show that beginning farm-operator households with health insurance coverage from off-farm jobs are 14% more likely to work off the farm. Our analysis also depicts a negative relationship between the receipt of counter-cyclical, conservation, risk management payments, and off-farm work by beginning farm-operator households.}, keywords={Agricultural Resource Management Survey;beginning farm-operator household;counter-cyclical payments;risk management payments;health insurance coverage;off-farm labor supply;two-stage simultaneous probit model}, }