Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence from Mexico

M. Caridad Araujo

Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, 2004, vol. 41, issue 124, 383-399

Abstract: This paper explores the role of the local context on the effectiveness of policy interventions in reducing poverty through non-agricultural rural employment (NARE). NARE is negatively associated to poverty in Mexico. Manufacturing employment is more pover

Keywords: Rural employment; poverty; off-farm; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 O54 R12 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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