The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa

By using long-term panel data sets of rural households in the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, and India and cross-sectional data sets in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, the roles of labor markets in long-term poverty reduction in Asia is compared with the current situation in East Africa. The study...

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Main Authors:	Otsuka, Keijiro, Yamano, Takashi
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9238

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spelling	okr-10986-92382021-04-23T14:02:44Z The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa Otsuka, Keijiro Yamano, Takashi World Development Report 2008 By using long-term panel data sets of rural households in the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, and India and cross-sectional data sets in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, the roles of labor markets in long-term poverty reduction in Asia is compared with the current situation in East Africa. The study finds that the reliance on agricultural labor markets alone will not reduce poverty to a significant extent, in view of the declining share of agricultural wage income in Asia and its negligibly low level in East Africa. An increased non-farm income is a decisive factor in reducing rural poverty, as it has reduced the income gaps between the land-rich and land-poor households, between the educated and uneducated workers, and between less and more favorable agricultural areas. Labor markets are clearly segmented in accordance with the schooling levels, which critically affect occupational choice and non-farm income of rural labor force. 2012-06-26T15:42:40Z 2012-06-26T15:42:40Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9238 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa East Asia and Pacific
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description	By using long-term panel data sets of rural households in the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, and India and cross-sectional data sets in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, the roles of labor markets in long-term poverty reduction in Asia is compared with the current situation in East Africa. The study finds that the reliance on agricultural labor markets alone will not reduce poverty to a significant extent, in view of the declining share of agricultural wage income in Asia and its negligibly low level in East Africa. An increased non-farm income is a decisive factor in reducing rural poverty, as it has reduced the income gaps between the land-rich and land-poor households, between the educated and uneducated workers, and between less and more favorable agricultural areas. Labor markets are clearly segmented in accordance with the schooling levels, which critically affect occupational choice and non-farm income of rural labor force.
author	Otsuka, Keijiro Yamano, Takashi
author_facet	Otsuka, Keijiro Yamano, Takashi
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title	The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa
title_short	The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa
title_full	The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa
title_fullStr	The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa
title_full_unstemmed	The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa
title_sort	role of rural labor markets in poverty reduction : evidence from asia and east africa
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The Role of Rural Labor Markets in Poverty Reduction : Evidence from Asia and East Africa

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