farm-nonfarm occupational dualism and provides a comparative analysis of rural China and rural India. The model builds a … India faced lower educational mobility compared with the sons in rural China in the 1970s to 1990s. To understand the role … genetic correlations in China, but not in India. Fathers' nonfarm occupation and education were complementary in determining a …

' employment, accounting for the complexity of measuring rural women's labor force participation, as well as data on social … issues to consider when examining rural women's employment in socioeconomic surveys, as well as a survey research agenda to …

, and the concepts of housework and employment are taken as mutually exclusive. Second, given this duality between housework … and employment, women define "employment" based on a set of necessary characteristics that exclude many of their own …

the impacts of India's USD 40 billion national rural road construction program using regression discontinuity and data … covering every individual and firm in rural India. The main effect of new feeder roads is to allow workers to obtain nonfarm … work. However, there are no major changes in consumption, assets or agricultural outcomes. Nonfarm employment in the …

, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off-farm employment activities have not received adequate … individual-level off-farm (wage and self) employment participation rates; analyzes the extent and drivers of entry into off …-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …

between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the … through which non-farm employment might improve the welfare of rural households. Although participation in non-farm activities …, controlling for time varying differences in local market conditions and employment opportunities. The results suggest that non …

This paper provides evidence on the impacts of agricultural productivity on employment growth and structural … village sample leads to underestimation of agriculture's role in employment growth and transformation of non-farm activities … agricultural productivity growth on growth of informal (small-scale) manufacturing and skilled services employment, mainly in …

This paper uses a large national household panel from 1999/2000 and 2007/08 to analyze the short-term effects of India …'s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on wages, labor supply, agricultural labor use, and productivity …. The scheme prompted a 10-point wage increase and higher labor supply to nonagricultural casual work and agricultural self-employment …

towards higher productivity, employment creation, and formalization to support future growth in jobs. The recommendations …

employment outcomes have improved for a majority of Paraguayans, the degree to which certain types of workers have not benefited …