Labor Markets and Income Generation in Rural Argentina

This paper addresses three areas of the rural labor market-employment, labor wages, and agriculture producer incomes. Findings show that the poor allocate a lower share of their labor to farm sectors than the nonpoor do, but still around 70 percent work in agriculture, and the vast majority of rural...

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Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BONUSES CENSUSES CHILD LABOR CHILD WORKERS CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY INCOME FAMILY SIZE FARM ACTIVITIES FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM LABOR FARM SECTOR FARMERS FEMALE LABOR FEMALE PARTICIPATION FEMALE WORKERS FORMAL LABOR MARKET FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME SHARES INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFORMAL SECTOR IRRIGATION JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABORERS LAND SIZE LATIN AMERICAN LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE PROSPECTS LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES LOW WAGES MAJORITY OF CHILDREN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS NONFARM INCOME OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PENSIONS PERMANENT WORKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR AREA POOR FAMILIES POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL PEOPLE POORER PROVINCES POORER REGIONS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SOURCE PRIVATE TRANSFERS PROBIT REGRESSION PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS QUALITY OF EDUCATION REMITTANCES RICHER PEOPLE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DWELLERS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL FAMILIES RURAL FARM RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOME POVERTY RURAL INCOMES RURAL INHABITANTS RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL LABOR MARKETS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATION GROWTH RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR RURAL TOWNS RURAL WAGES RURAL WORKERS RURAL WORKFORCE RURAL WORKING POPULATION SALARIED WORKER SALARIED WORKERS SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHARECROPPERS SKILL LEVEL SMALL FARMERS SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY WORKERS TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNPAID WORKERS UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN MIGRATION VEGETABLES WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISPARITIES WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EARNERS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE LEVEL WAGE LEVELS WAGE PREMIUM WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WORKING WORKING POOR YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7266990/labor-markets-income-generation-rural-argentina http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9284

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7266990/labor-markets-income-generation-rural-argentina
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9284

Labor Markets and Income Generation in Rural Argentina

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