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Table 3 Testing for dependence between hours worked off-farm by operator and spouse

From: Effect of health insurance coverage on labor allocation: evidence from US farm households

Frank copula

Kendall's ?

Dependence parameter

Standard error

Pooled

0.2250

1.3844***

(0.0490)

2008

0.1896

1.1576***

(0.0858)

2007

0.2543

1.5760***

(0.0863)

2006

0.2280

1.4035***

(0.0827)

Clayton copula

Kendall's ?

Dependence parameter

Standard error

Pooled

0.2744

0.7563***

(0.0230)

2008

0.2317

0.6030***

(0.0385)

2007

0.3135

0.9135***

(0.0426)

2006

0.2737

0.7536***

(0.0383)

  1. *** indicates significance at the 1% level.