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Nonfarm Employment and Poverty Reduction in Rural Ghana: A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis

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  • Owusu, Victor
  • Abdulai, Awudu

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This article investigates the impact of nonfarm employment on farm household income and way out of poverty, using farm household data from Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. A propensity score matching model is used to evaluate the impact participating in both wage and self-employment. Separate estimates are also provided for males and females. The results from the study show that nonfarm employment has a positive and robust effect on farm household income and a negative and significant effect on the likelihood of being poor. Self-employment was found to have much higher impacts than wage employment, reflecting the fact that most employment opportunities in the rural areas are in the former sector.

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  • Owusu, Victor & Abdulai, Awudu, 2009. "Nonfarm Employment and Poverty Reduction in Rural Ghana: A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51363, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae09:51363
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.51363
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    1. Koyachew Enkuahone Kassie & Bamlaku Alamirew Alemu, 2021. "Does irrigation improve household’s food security? The case of Koga irrigation development project in northern Ethiopia," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 13(2), pages 291-307, April.
    2. Zereyesus, Yacob & Embaye, Weldensie & Tsiboe, Francis & Amanor-Boadu, Vincent, 2016. "Participation in non-farm work and vulnerability to food poverty of households in northern Ghana," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 235741, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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