@article{Huffman:18254,
      recid = {18254},
      author = {Huffman, Wallace E.},
      title = {FARM LABOR: KEY CONCEPTUAL AND MEASUREMENT ISSUES ON THE  ROUTE TO BETTER FARM COST AND RETURN ESTIMATES},
      address = {1996},
      number = {1042-2016-85258},
      series = {Staff Paper 280},
      pages = {45},
      year = {1996},
      abstract = {This paper examines methods frequently used by  agricultural economists to measure the cost of farm labor,  including operator and other unpaid, and to provide  insights for improving them.  The tradition is broken of  treating labor and management separately, and labor is  defined as encompassing all the productive activities of  individuals or human agents used in a business, including  farming. Conceptual issues are first addressed: (1) the  nature of economic cost and the cost of unpaid labor and  (2) time allocation in agricultural household models where  an individual's annual time endowment is allocated  potentially to leisure, farm work, and off-farm work.  Measurement issues are addressed second: (1) specific  methods for improving the measurement of the cost of farm  labor and (2) specific procedures for estimating the  opportunity cost of operator and unpaid farm labor.  The  overall goal is to obtain better farm cost and return  estimates.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/18254},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.18254},
}