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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.creator | Lay, Jann | - |
| dc.creator | M'Mukaria, George Michuki | - |
| dc.creator | Omar Mahmoud, Toman | - |
| dc.date | 2007 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-16T06:10:22Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-16T06:10:22Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-10-16 | - |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/4250 | - |
| dc.identifier | ppn:560906692 | - |
| dc.identifier | RePEc:zbw:gdec07:6543 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/4250 | - |
| dc.description | Diversification into non-agricultural activities in rural areas can be broadly classified as either survival-led or opportunity-led. The existence of these two types of non-agricultural activities implies a U-shaped relationship between the share of income derived from non-agricultural activities and household wealth as well as total household income. Survival-led engagement in non-agricultural activities would be inequality-decreasing through increasing the incomes of the poorer parts of the population and would reduce poverty. Opportunity-led diversification, by contrast, would increase inequality and have a minor effect on poverty, as it tends to be confined to non-poor households. Using data from a household survey conducted by ourselves in Western Kenya, we find the overall share of non-agricultural income in this very poor region to be important, but below the sub-Saharan African average. Multivariate analyses confirm the existence of both survival-led and opportunity-led diversification. Yet, the poverty and inequality implications of the differently motivated diversification strategies differ somewhat from our expectations. As expected, we find high-return activities to be confined to richer households, while both rich and poor households are engaged in low-return activities. Very poor households even appear to be excluded from the latter. Simple simulation exercises illustrate the inequality-increasing and very limited poverty effects of increases in high-return income, whereas increased low-return income shows substantial poverty reduction leverage. Our findings indicate that rural households do not only face asset constraints, but also very limited or relatively risky high-return opportunities outside agriculture. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation | Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Göttingen 2007 / Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics 20 | - |
| dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | - |
| dc.subject | I31 | - |
| dc.subject | O17 | - |
| dc.subject | Q12 | - |
| dc.subject | ddc:330 | - |
| dc.subject | Income diversification | - |
| dc.subject | Non-agricultural activities | - |
| dc.subject | Inequality | - |
| dc.subject | Dorfwirtschaft | - |
| dc.subject | Landwirtschaftlicher Kleinbetrieb | - |
| dc.subject | Diversifikation | - |
| dc.subject | Ländliches Einkommen | - |
| dc.subject | Einkommensverteilung | - |
| dc.subject | Kenia (West) | - |
| dc.subject | Afrika südlich der Sahara | - |
| dc.title | Boda-bodas rule: Non-agricultural activities and their inequality implications in Western Kenya | - |
| dc.type | doc-type:conferenceObject | - |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor | |
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