Rural non-farm employment and household welfare : evidence from Malawi (English)

This paper uses nationally representative panel data and a combination of econometric approaches, to explore linkages between rural non-farm activities (wage and self-employment) and household welfare in rural Malawi. The paper analyzes the average treatment effects and distributional effects on participants' welfare indicators, such as households' per capita consumption expenditures. Then it investigates the effects of non-farm activities on the...

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Adjognon,Guigonan Serge;

Liverpool-Tasie,Saweda Lenis;

De La Fuente,Alejandro;

Benfica,Rui Manuel;
Document Date
2017/06/08
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8096
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Malawi,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/06/08
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Rural non-farm employment and household welfare : evidence from Malawi
Keywords
farm wage employment

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Adjognon,Guigonan Serge; Liverpool-Tasie,Saweda Lenis; De La Fuente,Alejandro; Benfica,Rui Manuel.

Rural non-farm employment and household welfare : evidence from Malawi (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8096 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/161961496951955142

Rural non-farm employment and household welfare : evidence from Malawi (English)

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