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© 1989 Oxford University Press and the Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics

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Part-time farming and the stability of family farms in the Federal Republic of Germany1

MAX J. PFEFFER

Dept. of Human Ecology, Rutgers University New Brunswick

Received May 1, 1989;

Summary

The relative stability of part-time farms is a basic issue in debates over structural reform in agriculture. This paper evaluates the expected stability of full- and part-time farms. The stability of individual farms is measured as the farm operator‘s expectation of the family continuing to farm. Both short- and long-run stability are evaluated via multivariate analysis. This analysis shows that the availability of an adequate family work force is of paramount importance in determining the long-run stability of part-time farms.


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