Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s economy is rapidly transforming. However, the extent to which this is affecting off-farm income and labor markets in rural areas is not well understood. Based on a large-scale household survey in high potential agricultural areas, we find that total off-farm income (defined as wage and en...
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| author | Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Berhane, Guush Minten, Bart Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum |
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| description | Ethiopia’s economy is rapidly transforming. However, the extent to which this is affecting off-farm income and labor markets in rural areas is not well understood. Based on a large-scale household survey in high potential agricultural areas, we find that total off-farm income (defined as wage and enterprise income) makes up 18 percent of total rural income. Wage income in both the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors accounts for 10 percent of total household income, equating in importance to livestock income. We show off-farm income and wage income to be relatively more important for the poor and female and youth-headed households. We further find that real rural wages increased by 54 percent over the last decade, mostly driven by high agricultural growth. While this wage increase is good news for the poor, it also induces adjustments in agricultural production practices, including increased adoption of labor-substituting technologies such as herbicides and mechanization. However, it also relaxes liquidity constraints in the off-season for some households, consequently leading to higher productivity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1480572025-11-06T07:15:25Z Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Berhane, Guush Minten, Bart Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum income labour market economic development households labour wages productivity livestock off-farm employment rural areas Ethiopia’s economy is rapidly transforming. However, the extent to which this is affecting off-farm income and labor markets in rural areas is not well understood. Based on a large-scale household survey in high potential agricultural areas, we find that total off-farm income (defined as wage and enterprise income) makes up 18 percent of total rural income. Wage income in both the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors accounts for 10 percent of total household income, equating in importance to livestock income. We show off-farm income and wage income to be relatively more important for the poor and female and youth-headed households. We further find that real rural wages increased by 54 percent over the last decade, mostly driven by high agricultural growth. While this wage increase is good news for the poor, it also induces adjustments in agricultural production practices, including increased adoption of labor-substituting technologies such as herbicides and mechanization. However, it also relaxes liquidity constraints in the off-season for some households, consequently leading to higher productivity. 2016-06-07 2024-06-21T09:23:45Z 2024-06-21T09:23:45Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148057 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148346 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane; Berhane, Guush; Minten, Bart; and Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum. 2016. Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia. ESSP II Working Paper 90. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148057 |
| spellingShingle | income labour market economic development households labour wages productivity livestock off-farm employment rural areas Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane Berhane, Guush Minten, Bart Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia |
| title | Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full | Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia |
| title_short | Non-farm income and labor markets in rural Ethiopia |
| title_sort | non farm income and labor markets in rural ethiopia |
| topic | income labour market economic development households labour wages productivity livestock off-farm employment rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148057 |
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