rural self-employment than in previous studies. We find that selfemployed in rural settings are more likely than those in … metropolitan regions to employ others, but self-employment rates in rural areas are lower. There is substantial heterogeneity among … the rural self-employed; in-movers are quite different from stayers in terms of their perceptions of the conditions …

agriculture and the development of other sectors in rural regions. -- Europe ; Regional development ; structural change ; sectoral …Support of agriculture is justified, among others, by its contribution to rural economic development. Nevertheless, the …-agricultural development empirically. The panel estimation model applies data of the common regional accounts from NUTS3 regions of the EU27 …

Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this … global trend, this paper engages with geographically diverse literature and comparative rural-urban ethnographic research …

This paper analyses the role of tertiary education on rural development. Using census data on villages in India for … 2011, we find that skilled workers have had an important impact on rural prosperity. A 1 percentage point rise in the share … literature on structural transformations and contend that such transformations can also happen within rural areas. …

provision of environmental benefits and the contribution to the socio-economic viability of rural areas, account for a growing … multifunctionality of agriculture, forestry, and rural areas, this report provides an overview of the scientific work that has been done … traditional policies for multifunctionality that have been initiated at EU, national, Laender, regional, and local level is …

Africa is not only the poorest and most rural continent, it is also the most youthful continent in terms of population … understanding of rural non-farm entrepreneurship, particularly with regard to the role of young adults in this sector. This paper … the contribution they make to rural household income, the (ii) determinants of enterprise operation, and (iii) labor …

Although non-farm enterprises are ubiquitous in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, little is yet known about their productivity …, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda. Using the World Bank's LSMS-ISA database, we find that rural enterprises are on average less …, and location matter for labor productivity in rural Africa, and that policy decisions tackling the shortcomings could …