The Dynamics of Rural Non-farm Employment in India: Gender, Agricultural Productivity, and Literacy

Alok Kumar () and Kam Shergill

No 1403, Department Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Victoria

Abstract: This paper analyzes the determinants of the rural non-farm employment in the fifteen major states of India by using panel data analysis for the period 1972-2010. The analysis indicates that there are significant gender differences in the factors affecting the level and the growth of rural non-farm employment. The level of urbanization, the rural literacy rate and the rural unemployment rate have a significant positive effect on the incidence of non-farm employment for male workers. For female workers, agricultural productivity and the incidence of rural poverty have a significant positive effect. There is evidence of convergence in the incidence of rural non-farm employment for both male and female workers, indicating that states with initially low incidence of rural non-farm employment experienced a higher growth rate in the rural non-farm employment than states with initially high incidence.

Keywords: Rural Non-Farm Employment; Male; Female; Convergence; Panel Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 I20 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2014-07-25
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-dev and nep-lab
Note: ISSN 1914-2838
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