Non-Agricultural Labor from Rural Farmers in Bolivia: Determinants and Effects

Lykke E. Andersen (), Beatriz Muriel () and Horacio Valencia ()
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Beatriz Muriel: Maestrias para el Desarrollo, Universidad Catolica Boliviana
Horacio Valencia: Institute for Advanced Development Studies

No 01/2009, Development Research Working Paper Series from Institute for Advanced Development Studies

Abstract: This paper analyses non-agricultural work supplied by rural households in Bolivia. It is shown that roughly 50% of all rural households complement their incomes through non-agricultural work, but that households in the lowlands are more likely to do so than households in the highlands. Since non-agricultural work pays several times better than agricultural work, access to this source of complementary income constitutes an important opportunity to escape rural poverty.

Keywords: Rural labor markets; Bolivia; non-farm labor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J43 R23 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev and nep-lab
Date: 2009-04

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