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The Effects of Large-Scale Hog Production on Local Labor Markets

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  • Sneeringer, Stacy
  • Hertz, Tom

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Although the negative externalities of large-scale hog production have been well studied, econometric estimates of its potentially positive labor markets effects are lacking. We use the geographic shifts in large-scale hog production between 1992 and 2007 to estimate such production's effects on local farm and nonfarm labor markets. We find that every additional 1000 head at large-scale facilities in a county generates 0.57 additional large-scale hog operation jobs, 0.04 fewer small-scale hog operation jobs, 0.16 fewer nonhog-related agricultural jobs, and 0.59 additional nonfarm jobs, for a total of 0.96 jobs. Our total estimate is lower than previous ones based on input-output modeling.

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  • Sneeringer, Stacy & Hertz, Tom, 2013. "The Effects of Large-Scale Hog Production on Local Labor Markets," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(1), pages 139-158, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:45:y:2013:i:01:p:139-158_00
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    1. Davis, Christopher & Dimitri, Carolyn & Nehring, Richard & Collins, LaPorchia & Haley, Mildred & Ha, Kim & Gillespie, Jeffrey, 2022. "U.S. Hog Production: Rising Output and Changing Trends in Productivity Growth," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 2022(Economic ), August.
    2. Jeremy G. Weber & Conor Wall & Jason Brown & Tom Hertz, 2015. "Crop Prices, Agricultural Revenues, and the Rural Economy," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 37(3), pages 459-476.
    3. Chad Lawley, 2021. "Hog Barns and Neighboring House Prices: Anticipation and Post‐Establishment Impacts," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(3), pages 1099-1121, May.
    4. Weber, Jeremy G. & Wall, Conor & Brown, Jason P. & Hertz, Tom, 2013. "Crop Prices, Agricultural Revenues, and the Local Economy of the U.S. Heartland," 2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C. 150404, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    5. Martin C. Parlasca & Matin Qaim, 2022. "Meat Consumption and Sustainability," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 14(1), pages 17-41, October.

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    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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