Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper reviews the relative importance of different components of rural labor markets, examining how their functions differ across geographical locations and change over time, and inquiring into the difference in the contribution to poverty reduction among different jobs (i.e., agricultural wage...

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Main Authors:	Estudillo, Jonna P., Matsumoto, Tomoya, Uddin, Hayat Chowdhury Zia, Kumanayake, Nandika S., Otsuka, Keijiro
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Labor markets Poverty reduction agricultural wage employment nonfarm wage jobs self-employment farm income educated labor Private sector Rural development
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12140

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spelling	okr-10986-121402021-04-23T14:02:59Z Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa Estudillo, Jonna P. Matsumoto, Tomoya Uddin, Hayat Chowdhury Zia Kumanayake, Nandika S. Otsuka, Keijiro Labor markets Poverty reduction agricultural wage employment nonfarm wage jobs self-employment farm income educated labor Private sector Rural development This paper reviews the relative importance of different components of rural labor markets, examining how their functions differ across geographical locations and change over time, and inquiring into the difference in the contribution to poverty reduction among different jobs (i.e., agricultural wage employment, formal and informal nonfarm wage jobs, and nonfarm self-employment). Improving rural investment climate through investment in infrastructure and provision of credit will be helpful, because in all likelihood, increased access to nonfarm jobs, in general, and formal jobs in particular, will become a key factor affecting the improvement of living standards and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a phenomenon particularly visible in Asia from the mid-1980s to late-2000s which has started to appear in Africa. The development of agriculture stimulates the growth of nonfarm sectors through production and consumption linkages. Furthermore, increased farm income tends to be invested in schooling of children, who later look for nonfarm jobs, as seen in the Asian experience. Supply of such educated labor force to nonfarm sectors must have contributed to their development, and balanced development strategy for both farm and nonfarm sectors is clearly needed in SSA for achieving the twin goals of improving living standards and reducing rural poverty. 2013-01-18T18:08:24Z 2013-01-18T18:08:24Z 2012-10 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12140 en_US Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	Labor markets Poverty reduction agricultural wage employment nonfarm wage jobs self-employment farm income educated labor Private sector Rural development
spellingShingle	Labor markets Poverty reduction agricultural wage employment nonfarm wage jobs self-employment farm income educated labor Private sector Rural development Estudillo, Jonna P. Matsumoto, Tomoya Uddin, Hayat Chowdhury Zia Kumanayake, Nandika S. Otsuka, Keijiro Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	This paper reviews the relative importance of different components of rural labor markets, examining how their functions differ across geographical locations and change over time, and inquiring into the difference in the contribution to poverty reduction among different jobs (i.e., agricultural wage employment, formal and informal nonfarm wage jobs, and nonfarm self-employment). Improving rural investment climate through investment in infrastructure and provision of credit will be helpful, because in all likelihood, increased access to nonfarm jobs, in general, and formal jobs in particular, will become a key factor affecting the improvement of living standards and poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a phenomenon particularly visible in Asia from the mid-1980s to late-2000s which has started to appear in Africa. The development of agriculture stimulates the growth of nonfarm sectors through production and consumption linkages. Furthermore, increased farm income tends to be invested in schooling of children, who later look for nonfarm jobs, as seen in the Asian experience. Supply of such educated labor force to nonfarm sectors must have contributed to their development, and balanced development strategy for both farm and nonfarm sectors is clearly needed in SSA for achieving the twin goals of improving living standards and reducing rural poverty.
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author	Estudillo, Jonna P. Matsumoto, Tomoya Uddin, Hayat Chowdhury Zia Kumanayake, Nandika S. Otsuka, Keijiro
author_facet	Estudillo, Jonna P. Matsumoto, Tomoya Uddin, Hayat Chowdhury Zia Kumanayake, Nandika S. Otsuka, Keijiro
author_sort	Estudillo, Jonna P.
title	Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort	labor markets, occupational choice, and rural poverty in selected countries in asia and sub-saharan africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12140
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Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

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