Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data

This article proposes a general pattern of rural development in which increases in per capita income are associated with a decline in the importance of agricultural production and a rise in the importance of non-agricultural income sources. Following the approach to examining Engel's Law, we us...

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Main Authors:	Winters, Paul, Essam, Timothy, Zezza, Alberto, Davis, Benjamin, Carletto, Calogero
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis Prices Q110 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5025

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spelling	okr-10986-50252021-04-23T14:02:20Z Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data Winters, Paul Essam, Timothy Zezza, Alberto Davis, Benjamin Carletto, Calogero Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis Prices Q110 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110 This article proposes a general pattern of rural development in which increases in per capita income are associated with a decline in the importance of agricultural production and a rise in the importance of non-agricultural income sources. Following the approach to examining Engel's Law, we use data from 15 developing countries and a merged dataset to test whether such a pattern emerges. The analysis shows a strong, positive relationship between per capita income and the share of income earned from rural non-agricultural wage employment and a negative relationship between per capita income and agricultural production. 2012-03-30T07:30:54Z 2012-03-30T07:30:54Z 2010 Journal Article Journal of Agricultural Economics 0021857X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5025 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis Prices Q110 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110
spellingShingle	Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses Transportation O180 Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis Prices Q110 Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes R110 Winters, Paul Essam, Timothy Zezza, Alberto Davis, Benjamin Carletto, Calogero Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data
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description	This article proposes a general pattern of rural development in which increases in per capita income are associated with a decline in the importance of agricultural production and a rise in the importance of non-agricultural income sources. Following the approach to examining Engel's Law, we use data from 15 developing countries and a merged dataset to test whether such a pattern emerges. The analysis shows a strong, positive relationship between per capita income and the share of income earned from rural non-agricultural wage employment and a negative relationship between per capita income and agricultural production.
format	Journal Article
author	Winters, Paul Essam, Timothy Zezza, Alberto Davis, Benjamin Carletto, Calogero
author_facet	Winters, Paul Essam, Timothy Zezza, Alberto Davis, Benjamin Carletto, Calogero
author_sort	Winters, Paul
title	Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data
title_short	Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data
title_full	Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data
title_fullStr	Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data
title_full_unstemmed	Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data
title_sort	patterns of rural development: a cross-country comparison using microeconomic data
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Patterns of Rural Development: A Cross-Country Comparison Using Microeconomic Data

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