This article examines the importance of non-farm income in reducing per-capita incomeinequality among agricultural households in southern Ethiopia, with an emphasis on thegender dimension. Using a modified technique of inequality decomposition by incomesources applied to household survey data,...

Labor markets in all economies are subject to transaction costs associated with recruiting, monitoring and supervising workers. The level of transaction costs affects labor and land contract choices and family labor advantages. Rural labor markets in developing economies, where institutions such...