Abstract
Data on attendees at the World Pork Expo from 1991-95 are used to evaluate the impact of farming generally, and hog farming and confinement operations more specifically, on the measured health outcomes of participants. Hog farming is found to increase risk of reduced hand strength and respiratory symptoms. To the extent these health risks are known, hog farmers will require a compensating differential to reward them for accepting a greater risk, an outcome consistent with higher long-term returns for hog production relative to cash-grain production.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 323-333 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | American Journal of Agricultural Economics |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful to Kelly Donham and Susanna Von Essen for useful comments at the early stages of this research and to the National Pork Producers Council for partial research support. Donna Otto and Cynthia Pease prepared the manuscript. This is Journal Paper No. J-17139 of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa, Project No. 3235, supported by Hatch Act and State of Iowa funds.
Keywords
- Compensating differential
- Control groups
- Hog farming
- Occupational health
- Rate of return