Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research
Rapidly growing populations in sub-Saharan Africa have resulted in a focus by both policy-makers and researchers on understanding and creating employment opportunities for youth. While most attention has focused on jobs outside the agricultural sector, the persistent importance of agriculture in Afr...
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| author | Ambler, Kate Herskowitz, Sylvan Labarta, Ricardo Scollard, Phoebe Maredia, Mywish K. |
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| description | Rapidly growing populations in sub-Saharan Africa have resulted in a focus by both policy-makers and researchers on understanding and creating employment opportunities for youth. While most attention has focused on jobs outside the agricultural sector, the persistent importance of agriculture in African economies means that the sector cannot be ignored when considering new employment opportunities. A large portion of existing work has made use of Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS) and oth-ers of similar structure and design to describe employment patterns, by focusing on the distinction be-tween on- and off-farm labor, and household enterprises versus hired or wage labor. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1454102025-11-06T05:38:36Z Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research Ambler, Kate Herskowitz, Sylvan Labarta, Ricardo Scollard, Phoebe Maredia, Mywish K. data labour market employment households measurement living standards agrifood systems Rapidly growing populations in sub-Saharan Africa have resulted in a focus by both policy-makers and researchers on understanding and creating employment opportunities for youth. While most attention has focused on jobs outside the agricultural sector, the persistent importance of agriculture in African economies means that the sector cannot be ignored when considering new employment opportunities. A large portion of existing work has made use of Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS) and oth-ers of similar structure and design to describe employment patterns, by focusing on the distinction be-tween on- and off-farm labor, and household enterprises versus hired or wage labor. 2019-12-27 2024-06-21T09:04:28Z 2024-06-21T09:04:28Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145410 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ambler, Kate; Herskowitz, Sylvan; Labarta, Ricardo; Maredia, Mywish; and Scollard, Phoebe. 2019. Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research. Project Note. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145410 |
| spellingShingle | data labour market employment households measurement living standards agrifood systems Ambler, Kate Herskowitz, Sylvan Labarta, Ricardo Scollard, Phoebe Maredia, Mywish K. Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research |
| title | Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research |
| title_full | Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research |
| title_fullStr | Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research |
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| title_short | Measuring employment in the agri-food system: Existing data and directions for future research |
| title_sort | measuring employment in the agri food system existing data and directions for future research |
| topic | data labour market employment households measurement living standards agrifood systems |
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