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Patterns of rural development: A cross-country comparison using microeconomic data

年份: 2010
作者: P. Winters, T. Essam, B. Davis, A. Zezza, G. Carletto, K. Stamoulis
This article proposes a general pattern of rural development in which increases in per capita income are associated with a decline in the importance of agricultural production and a rise in the importance of non-agricultural income sources. Following the approach to examining Engel’s Law, we use data from 15 developing countries and a merged dataset to test whether such a pattern emerges. The analysis shows a strong, positive relationship between per capita income and the share of income earned from rural non-agricultural wage employment and a negative relationship between per capita income and agricultural production.
出版物类别: 期刊文章
JEL codes: D10, O12, O57, Q12