2004
DOI: 10.1080/0022038042000213201
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Non-farm Income and Employment in Rural Honduras: Assessing the Role of Locational Factors

Abstract: This article emphasises the role of locational factors in the determination of rural non-farm (RNF) employment possibilities in rural Honduras. It finds that while RNF wage jobs are predominantly located close to urban areas, RNF self-employment jobs are geographically dispersed around the country, depending on local motors such as a profitable agricultural activity, an important road, or a tourist attraction. In all, the importance of RNF income for rural households (31.3 per cent of total income) suggests th… Show more

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“…The combination of off-farm wage work, rural non-farm self-employment and remittances contributes 30-50% of rural household income in sub-Saharan Africa (Reardon, 1997) and about one-third of income in Asia (Haggblade, Hazell and Reardon, 2007). This growing importance of the RNFE is reflected in several recent studies of the determinants of non-farm rural employment and income (Lanjouw, 1999;Berdegué, Ramirez, Reardon, and Escobar, 2001;Corral and Reardon, 2001;Escobal, 2001;Lanjouw, 2001;Isgut, 2004;Zhu and Luo, 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The combination of off-farm wage work, rural non-farm self-employment and remittances contributes 30-50% of rural household income in sub-Saharan Africa (Reardon, 1997) and about one-third of income in Asia (Haggblade, Hazell and Reardon, 2007). This growing importance of the RNFE is reflected in several recent studies of the determinants of non-farm rural employment and income (Lanjouw, 1999;Berdegué, Ramirez, Reardon, and Escobar, 2001;Corral and Reardon, 2001;Escobal, 2001;Lanjouw, 2001;Isgut, 2004;Zhu and Luo, 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Isgut (2004), for example, found that wage employment in the RNFE was located closer to urban areas, while self-employment mostly depended on local motors, such as profitable agricultural activity, tourist attraction etc. Reardon et al (2001) demonstrated that access to infrastructure was crucial for participation and income from nonfarm activities compensating for lack of other assets in Latin American countries.…”
Section: Data Description and Proposed Estimation Techniques And Specmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Es posible que las personas de una categoría difieran considerablemente de las de las otras categorías y que esas diferencias incidan en los ingresos. Este defecto se señala en varios estudios (Elbers y Lanjouw, 2001;Lanjouw, 2001;Isgut, 2004;Jonasson y Helfand, 2010; Atamanova y Van den Berg, 2012), en los que se utilizan métodos de corrección del sesgo de selección al modelar los ingresos del empleo no agrícola. Al igual que el método en dos etapas de Heckman, el enfoque de Dubin y McFadden también controla la selectividad de la muestra.…”
Section: Estrategia Empíricaunclassified
“…Conforme varios estudios (Isgut, 2004;Jonasson y Helfand, 2010; Atamanova y Van den Berg, 2012), las variables de identificación utilizadas para consturir los términos de corrección de la selección son el sexo del jefe del hogar y las variables de composición del hogar. En estos estudios se asume que estas variables no influyen en los ingresos de cada categoría de empleo.…”
Section: Variables Individualesunclassified
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