Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
Assets, Activities and Rural Income Generation: Evidence from a Multicountry Analysis
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DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.01.010
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发表时间：
2009-09
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
P. Winters;B. Davis;G. Carletto;Katia Covarrubias;Esteban J. Quiñones;A. Zezza;C. Azzarri;K. Stamoulis
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作者：
P. Winters;B. Davis;G. Carletto;Katia Covarrubias;Esteban J. Quiñones;A. Zezza;C. Azzarri;K. Stamoulis
本文研究了发展中国家农村家庭的资产和经济活动之间的联系，以深入了解某些关键资产的促进，特别是教育，土地和基础设施，如何影响这些家庭的经济选择。在分析中使用了来自15个国家的具有全国代表性的数据，这些数据是农村创收活动数据库的一部分。研究结果表明，改善获得土地的机会与农业生产有关，因此，平均而言，将导致家庭采取这一途径来改善家庭福利。更高的教育水平和更好地利用基础设施似乎与非农业有薪就业关系最为密切。
This paper examines the links between the assets and the economic activities of rural households in developing countries to provide insight into how the promotion of certain key assets—particularly education, land, and infrastructure—influences the economic choices of these households. Nationally representative data from 15 countries which form part of the rural income-generating activities (RIGA) database are used in the analysis. The results indicate that improved land access is linked to agricultural production and thus will lead households to take, on average, this path for improving household welfare. Higher levels of education and greater access to infrastructure appear to be most closely linked to non-agricultural wage employment.