Rural non-farm development plays a key role in generating employment in many developing countries. Clustering is an … in harsh environments, improvements in infrastructure can significantly increase labor productivity in a cluster. In …

Because land is scarce, farmers in China increasingly have to rely on nonfarm activities to enhance their incomes. The … functioning of rural nonfarm labor markets is therefore crucial in determining who has access to nonfarm employment. Previous … a detailed household survey of northern and northeastern China, this paper shows that guanxi (social networks), has also …

"The rural nonfarm economy (RNFE) accounts for roughly 25 percent of full-time rural employment and 35-40 percent of …

/year-specific correlated shocks, show that (1) the relative size of the migrant population in the market decreases employment probabilities of … new migrants (negative substitution effect), (2) the employment probability of previous migrants increases those of new … migrants (positive externalities), and (3) when the employment probability of previous migrants approaches to unity, the size …

This paper reviews the econometric evidence on gender differences in agricultural productivity. It provides a … methodological overview and a critique of (1) production function-based estimates of technical and labor productivity differences by …

productivity, lower high transportation and rural transfer costs, increase rural employment, integrate remote and lower …

-term sources of employment and long-term generators of growth and productivity increases. They can be designed cost-effectively to …Employment programs, particularly labor-intensive public works (LIPW), have a long history in Sub-Saharan Africa … experienced sharp declines in employment and real wages. Labor-intensive public works have the potential to serve as both short …

This paper investigates whether human capital affects the productivity and labor allocation of rural households in four … labor resources away from farm activities toward nonfarm work. Education has no significant effect on productivity in crop … labor from low-productivity activities to nonfarm work. Female education and nutrition do not affect productivity and labor …