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

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 poverty-reducing than services in semi urban munic...

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Autor principal:	Araujo,Caridad
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2004
Materias:	Rural Employment Poverty Off-farm Mexico
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-682120040124000042005-04-01Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From MexicoAraujo,Caridad Rural Employment Poverty Off-farm Mexico 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 poverty-reducing than services in semi urban municipalities. In turn, services employment matters more in rural than in semi urban areas. Factors associated to pro-poor NARE are low income inequality, dynamic agriculture, and government expenditures. Policy interventions in education and roads are poverty-reducing through manufacturing employment in semi urban municipalities and through services employment in all municipalitiesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileCuadernos de economía v.41 n.124 20042004-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-68212004012400004en10.4067/S0717-68212004012400004
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description	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 poverty-reducing than services in semi urban municipalities. In turn, services employment matters more in rural than in semi urban areas. Factors associated to pro-poor NARE are low income inequality, dynamic agriculture, and government expenditures. Policy interventions in education and roads are poverty-reducing through manufacturing employment in semi urban municipalities and through services employment in all municipalities
author	Araujo,Caridad
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title	Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From Mexico
title_short	Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From Mexico
title_full	Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From Mexico
title_fullStr	Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From Mexico
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publisher	Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Can Non-Agricultural Employment Reduce Rural Poverty? Evidence From Mexico

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