Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper reviews the relative importance of different components of rural labor markets, examining how their functions differ across geographical locations and change over time, and inquiring into the difference in the contribution to poverty reduction among different jobs (i.e., agricultural wage...

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Main Authors: Estudillo, Jonna P., Matsumoto, Tomoya, Uddin, Hayat Chowdhury Zia, Kumanayake, Nandika S., Otsuka, Keijiro
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
Labor markets
Poverty reduction
agricultural wage employment
nonfarm wage jobs
self-employment
farm income
educated labor
Private sector
Rural development
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12140

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