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How does land fragmentation affect off-farm labor supply: panel data evidence from China
Jia, Lili; Petrick, Martin - In: Agricultural Economics 45 (2014) 3, pp. 369-380
This article provides a deeper theoretical understanding of the linkages between land fragmentation and off-farm labor supply in China, and investigates this relationship empirically in a more direct way than does the existing literature. Drawing upon a rural household panel data set collected...
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Land tenure policy and off-farm employment in rural China
Chang, Hongqin; Ai, Ping; Li, Yuan - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 9, pp. 1-28
Using the data from the three waves (1995, 2002, and 2008) of the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP), this paper investigates the impact of land tenure security on farmers' labor market outcomes in rural China. To identify the effect of land tenure security, this paper used...
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Activity Choice in Rural Non-farm Employment (RNFE): Survival versus accumulative strategy
Bezu, Sosina; Barrett, Christopher B.; Holden, Stein - 2014
This paper examines the nonfarm employment choice of individuals using panel data from Ethiopia that covers the period 1994-2004. Non-farm activities that require more resources in the form of skill or capital yield higher returns but employ proportionately fewer people. Women have lower...
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Determinants of rural households' livelihood diversification strategies: In the case of north Wollo zone, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
Kassegn, Andualem; Abdinasir, Umer - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-23
Diversifying rural livelihoods plays a significant role for rain feed-dependent economy of the rural households like in Ethiopia. Hence the objective of the study was to investigate the determinants of rural households' livelihood diversification strategies choice in north wollo zone of...
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Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation
Grund, Christian; Thommes, Kirsten - 2015
specific public service motivation (PSM) is shaped. In our paper, we analyze how different degrees of inclusion in the public … sector impact PSM. We also investigate how prospects of employment relations (fixed-term versus permanent contracts …), temporal differences (part-time versus full-time employment), and actual jobs (core versus subsidiary jobs) moderate PSM in …
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Adoption of improved groundnut seed and its impact on rural households' welfare in Eastern Ethiopia
Ahmed, Musa H.; Mesfin, Hiwot M.; Abady, Seltene; … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18
This study has evaluated the impact of adoption of improved groundnut seed on the well-being of the farmers of Eastern Ethiopia using a cross-sectional data collected from 301 sample households. To address this objective, both descriptive and econometric analysis methods were employed. In the...
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The impact of agricultural cooperatives membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers: empirical evidence from eastern Ethiopia
Ahmed, Musa Hasen; Mesfin, Hiwot Mekonnen - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 5 (2017) 6, pp. 1-13
This study evaluated the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers using cross-sectional data collected from the eastern part of Ethiopia. Using consumption per adult equivalent as a wellbeing indicator, we measured the impact of agricultural...
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Perceived Value of Broadcasting: Normal vs. Restoration Stages from Earthquake Disasters
Mitomo, Hitoshi; Otsuka, Tokio - 2018
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The impact of remittances on household food security: A micro perspective from Tigray, Ethiopia
Abadi, Nigussie; Techane, Ataklti; Maxwell, Daniel; … - 2018
While the volume of remittances to developing countries has been growing significantly over the years, the impact of remittances on food security has not received much attention. To bridge the gap this paper has examined the impact of remittances on farm household's food security status, using a...
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The children are alright: Revisiting the impact of parental migration in the Philippines
Pajaron, Marjorie; Latinazo, Cara T.; Trinidad, Enrico G. - 2020
The Philippine government has focused most of its migration policy initiatives to encouraging international labour migration and protecting the rights of Filipino migrant workers. However, government interventions and aids to left-behind families and children left much to be desired. This paper...
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