Abstract
An underlying purpose of the paper is to develop a more precise understanding of farm wage workers covered by the social security program in relation to the general group of noncasual farm wage workers, whether or not covered. Four differences are disclosed; the covered farm worker population has been rising whereas the total number of farm wage workers has been declining; a substantially larger proportion of covered farm wage workers are employed annually by a single farm employer compared to the experience of farm workers generally; a large proportion of covered farm workers are employed in both agricultural and nonagricultural pursuits compared to farm wage workers generally; and a larger proportion of covered farm workers earn $3,000 or more a year, compared to farm workers generally. The first two differences may stem from the social security program itself; the latter two differences are less easily explained. In this paper, attention is directed to the farm wage worker who was covered in the program of Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance in the period 19551965 and to certain developments in his earnings and in related characteristics.1 Moses Lukaczer, Ph.D., is Assistant Director, Research Division of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Dr. Lukaczer was Professor of Economics at Lincoln University, 1953-59. He was a member of the Working Group which prepared for the President's Committee on Manpower, the report Manpower Projections: An Appraisal and a Plan of Action. (1967). He has had recent articles in the International Review of Actuarial and Statistical Problems of Social Security and in the Journal of Farm Economics. The author wishes to express his appreciation to the Social Security Administration for permission to use data from its Continuous Work History Sample. This paper has benefited from the comments of Mr. Robert J. Myers, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration. The opinions expressed in this paper are the author's, and not necessarily those of the Social Security Administration or his present employer, the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The rtilo1Za clit__ z_ h llr r 1Qf 1 The author described some features of the earnings experience of the self-employed farmer who reported in the OASDHI program in apMore specifically, the paper is concerned with these features: 1. The number of covered farm wage
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