Dynamics of off-farm employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A gender perspective

Broeck, Goedele Van den; Kilic, Talip

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.03.008

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“…Zereyesus et al (2017) and Ali and Peerlings (2012) likewise report that income from non‐farm activities reduces the vulnerability to food poverty of the farm households living in resource‐poor areas. Women's participation in non‐agricultural activities is the largest contributor to the availability of food nutrients in developing country households (Rijkers & Costa, 2012; Tsiboe et al, 2016; Van den Broeck & Kilic, 2019), and off‐farm income is strongly associated with greater food security in poor female‐headed households (Dzanku, 2019).…”

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Non‐farm employment and poverty reduction in Mauritania

Anwar

Mughal³

2021

J of Intl Development

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This study examines the effect of non‐farm labour participation on poverty reduction in rural Mauritania. Farm households with more land and livestock participate to a greater extent in non‐farm activities compared with households with smaller land or cattle. We study poverty's relationship with non‐farm labour activities in terms of the incidence as well as the intensity and severity of poverty. The study is the first to highlight the contribution of the non‐agricultural sector in the reduction of poverty in the rural areas of Mauritania. We apply probit, propensity score matching and inverse probability weighting techniques to determine the signs and impacts of participation on poverty reduction. The results show that the probability of being poor is 5.9% lower among households that have at least one member participating in non‐farm activities compared with those only associated with the agriculture sector. Participation in non‐farm activities is associated with lower intensity and severity of poverty (3.6% and 1.9%, respectively). We find that surplus labour released by the agriculture sector is absorbed in the non‐farm economy. Income generation through diversification into non‐farm activities therefore seems to be an effective way to reduce poverty in rural areas.

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Non‐farm employment and poverty reduction in Mauritania

Anwar

Mughal³

2021

J of Intl Development

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“…Households’ participation in wage employment is characterised by high entry and exit rates, and could be part of an income diversification strategy as well as a strategy to move out of agriculture. This results in possible asymmetric welfare effects of new employment entry and continued employment (Van den Broeck and Maertens, 2017; Van den Broeck and Kilic, 2019). The need for panel data largely explains why dynamic aspects are understudied, as many studies on rural wage employment use cross‐sectional data.…”

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Employment Dynamics and Linkages in the Rural Economy: Insights from Senegal

Hoyweghen¹,

Broeck²,

Maertens³

2020

J Agricultural Economics

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Evidence on rural wage employment is thin and lacks nuance for different employment sources, insights on dynamic effects, and an understanding of the channels of effects. We assess conceptually and empirically the direct and indirect welfare effects of entry and continuation in different types of wage employment in rural Senegal. Using panel data, fixed effects and first-difference estimation, we show substantial positive welfare and linkage effects. We find that participation in wage employment increases per capita income by 143%, and reduces poverty, poverty gap and food insecurity by, respectively, 63%, 89% and 48%. While the direct effect on income is larger for non-agricultural and contractual wage employment, the indirect income effects through self-employment are more pronounced for agricultural and casual wage employment. Our results imply that job creation is important for rural development, that wage employment in agriculture can lead to considerable growth multiplier effects, and that synergies exist between large-scale and small-scale agriculture.

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“…-numerous barriers to the labor market from a regulatory and legal point of view and the corresponding instruments for its regulation [8], [9];…”

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Employment structure transformation through economic activity types perspective

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The present study was conducted to identify the reasons in modern information society that caused significant changes in the labor market particularly in its industrial structure through the perspective of individuals employed in real and service sectors. The analysis of the employed population`s statistical sample by economic activity type in enlarged groups of industrial and non-industrial spheres of activity over the past 20 years has shown that scientific and technological transformations have led to a significant shift in the employment structure. The research used statistical data comparison of economic activity types and the ratio of the regions employed in real and service sectors. New types of economic activity are emerging and start prevailing inherent exclusively in the current state of economy in the context of digitalization. A significant structural shift has been revealed in the course of the analysis of the employed population by the enlarged industry affiliation, which demonstrates diametrically opposite positions in the overall structure of employment. The resulting ratio allows us to propose and apply the coefficient of the employment structure, demonstrating a multiplier effect on identifying such jobs creation and preservation of which leads to further employment provisioning. The obtained tool allows managing population employment as well as related social and economic processes as migration outflow and population growth in all age groups, population reproduction, expansion and improvement of educational and health services in a particular territory. In addition, application of the developed employment structure tool allows estimating the amount of investment required to solve these issues.

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Dynamics of off-farm employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A gender perspective

Cited by 72 publications

References 36 publications

Non‐farm employment and poverty reduction in Mauritania

Non‐farm employment and poverty reduction in Mauritania

Employment Dynamics and Linkages in the Rural Economy: Insights from Senegal

Employment structure transformation through economic activity types perspective

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