Income strategies among rural households in Mexico: The role of off-farm activities

被引:75
作者
De Janvry, A [1 ]
Sadoulet, E [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
关键词
Mexico; rural households; income; off-farm employment; education; ethnicity;
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中图分类号
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
0201 [理论经济学]; 020105 [世界经济]; 03 [法学]; 0303 [社会学];
摘要
Off-farm activities generate on average more than half of farm households' incomes in the Mexican ejido sector. Participation in these activities helps reduce poverty and contributes to greater equality in the distribution of income. This paper analyzes the determinants of access to off-farm sources of income across households. We find that education plays a major role in accessing better remunerated nonagricultural employment. Adults of indigenous ethnic origin suffer from an educational lag and have less access to off-farm nonagricultural employment than non-indigenous adults at identical educational levels. The regional availability of off-farm employment strongly affects participation. In addition, women are differentially limited by distance to urban centers in their ability to gain off-farm employment. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:467 / 480
页数:14
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