Wages and employment in non-farm agricultural activities: a livelihood strategy in Nicaragua

Carlos Alberto Zuniga Gonzalez and José Luis Jaramillo Villanueva
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: C. A. Zúniga-González Sr. ()

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Abstract: This article analyzes the indexes for nonfarm agricultural activities, which combine agricultural activities with both employment and wage. They were made with panel data of Living Measurement Standard Survey (1993, 1998, 2001 and 2005) and they were processed with econometric model as parametric technique (Binary dependent variable model). The indexes trend was explained by a combining between nonfarm and farming agricultural activities. In summary, as soon as the economic public policy makers apply preventive measure in the labour market, while the indexes for nonfarm agricultural activities are growing up. In fact, the small farmers use the first, second and third nonfarm employ as livelihood strategy for reducing the restrictive public policy. (Unemployment).

Keywords: Nonfarm agricultural activities; Parametric Technique; Unemployment; livelihood strategy. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J0 J08 M1 M11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-08-27, Revised 2012-02-03
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Published in Global Journal of Management and Business Research 15.12(2012): pp. 15-23

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