Part-time farming and the stability of family farms in the Federal Republic of Germany1
研究了联邦德国兼职农场的稳定性，通过多变量分析发现充足的家庭劳动力对兼职农场的长期稳定至关重要。
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.