97 lines
3.2 KiB
YAML
97 lines
3.2 KiB
YAML
|
abstract: 'Promotion of low-skilled off-farm rural labor market participation can
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
be an important strategy to improve livelihoods and food security of the
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
poor in developing countries. This paper investigates rural farm
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
households'' participation in low-skilled off-farm labor markets with
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
disaggregate data from a survey of 400 households in Tigray, the
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
northern highlands of Ethiopia. Adopting Heckman''s two stage approach,
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
we examined households'' decisions to participate or not in markets by
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
probit model in the first stage and level of participation by ordinary
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
least squares procedures in the second stage. The results show that
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
households'' decision to enter into a labor market significantly depends
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
on the characteristics of the households such as sex, age of the
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
household heads and labor endowments in the households. Similarly, the
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
level of participation in labor markets measured by the amount of
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
off-farm wage income depends on labor endowments in the households and
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
the place where the households are located. Since cash constrained rural
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
households do not find themselves advantageous to participate in
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
off-farm labor markets, the reduction of cash constraint is the major
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
policy implication of the paper. This holds true in general for all cash
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
constrained rural households in developing countries. Similarly, the
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
empirical results in the paper suggest removal of locational barriers to
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
access labor markets. This helps them to earn off-farm income. It is
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
necessary to eliminate (or at least reduce) obstacles for rural
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
households to enter into a market of off-farm wage earning activities.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
This holds true in general for all rural households in developing
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
countries. This paper is therefore expected to contribute to frame
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
appropriate policy that promotes participation in low-skilled off-farm
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
rural labor markets in developing countries where many rural households
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
are not only poor but also low-skilled.'
|
||
|
|
affiliation: 'Bhatta, BP (Corresponding Author), Sogn Fjordane Univ Coll, POB 133,
|
||
|
|
NO-6851 Sogndal, Norway.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Bhatta, Bharat P.; Arethun, Torbjorn, Sogn Fjordane Univ Coll, NO-6851 Sogndal,
|
||
|
|
Norway.'
|
||
|
|
article-number: '97'
|
||
|
|
author: Bhatta, Bharat P. and Arethun, Torbjorn
|
||
|
|
author-email: bharat.bhatta@hisf.no
|
||
|
|
author_list:
|
||
|
|
- family: Bhatta
|
||
|
|
given: Bharat P.
|
||
|
|
- family: Arethun
|
||
|
|
given: Torbjorn
|
||
|
|
da: '2023-09-28'
|
||
|
|
doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-97
|
||
|
|
files: []
|
||
|
|
issn: 2193-1801
|
||
|
|
journal: SPRINGERPLUS
|
||
|
|
keywords: 'Rural households; Low-skilled off-farm labor market participation;
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Northern Ethiopia; Heckman''s two stage model; Entry barriers; Household
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
characteristics'
|
||
|
|
keywords-plus: 'INCOME DIVERSIFICATION; NONFARM EMPLOYMENT; DETERMINANTS; POVERTY;
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MEXICO'
|
||
|
|
language: English
|
||
|
|
number-of-cited-references: '20'
|
||
|
|
papis_id: 6100c837326e186ed9005773f5d88de1
|
||
|
|
ref: Bhatta2013barriersrural
|
||
|
|
researcherid-numbers: Bhatta, Bharat Raj/HDM-7544-2022
|
||
|
|
times-cited: '4'
|
||
|
|
title: 'Barriers to rural households'' participation in low-skilled off-farm labor
|
||
|
|
markets: theory and empirical results from northern Ethiopia'
|
||
|
|
type: Article
|
||
|
|
unique-id: WOS:000209461900097
|
||
|
|
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
|
||
|
|
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
|
||
|
|
volume: '2'
|
||
|
|
web-of-science-categories: Multidisciplinary Sciences
|
||
|
|
year: '2013'
|