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- Title
Women farmers and community well‐being under modeling uncertainty.
- Authors
Schmidt, Claudia; Deller, Steven C.; Goetz, Stephan J.
- Abstract
We examine the association between woman farmers and community well‐being using U.S. county‐level data. We address modeling uncertainty around three measures of community well‐being by using a spatial Bayesian model averaging approach and find that a higher share of farms operated or owned by women in a county is associated with higher rates of new business formation, longer life expectancies, and lower poverty rates. The results are consistent with a growing literature that finds women business owners approach their businesses more holistically, with positive community spillovers.
- Subjects
WOMEN farmers; WELL-being; LIFE expectancy; LONGEVITY; BUSINESSWOMEN; POVERTY rate
- Publication
Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, 2024, Vol 46, Issue 1, p275
- ISSN
2040-5790
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aepp.13406