Occupational choice and agricultural labor exits in sub-Saharan Africa

The process of economic development is characterized by rising output per agricultural worker and the exit of labor from agriculture to other sectors, which together result in rising incomes and falling incidence of poverty. This paper explores the relationship between labor productivity and the occupational choices that underlie the structural transformation process. [The author models] households' decisions to participate in different activities - farming, wage employment, and self employment - through operation of a household non-farm enterprise. [The author estimates] a structural, polytom... Show more

Authors: McCullough, Ellen B.

Published: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, African Development Bank, 2016

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 58 p.

Access item: http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/document/working-paper-244-occupational-choice-and-agricultural-labor-exits-in-sub-saharan-africa-92174/

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