Economic analysis of local level rural areas and urban areas labour markets in South-Eastern USA - examines the social structure and economic structure; reviews labour market related economic theories and economic research, as well as its classification; looks at theoretical economic models and analysis design; analyses occupational and income allocation, labour market types and the social division of labour; discusses further research needs. Graphs, references, statistical tables.
This paper addresses three areas of the rural labor market-employment, labor wages, and agriculture producer incomes. Findings show that the poor allocate a lower share of their labor to farm sectors than the nonpoor do, but still around 70 percent work in agriculture, and the vast majority of rural workers are engaged in the informal sector. When examining nonfarm employment in rural Argentina, findings suggest that key determinants of access to employment and productivity in nonfarm activities are education, skills, land access, location, and gender. Employment analyses show that women have higher probability than men to participate in rural nonfarm activities and they are not confined to low-return employment. Moreover, workers living in poorer regions with land access are less likely to be employed in the nonfarm sector. There is strong evidence that educated people have better prospects in both the farm and nonfarm sectors, and that education is an important determinant of employment in the better-paid nonfarm activities. Labor wage analyses reveal that labor markets pay lower returns to poorer than to richer women and returns to education are increasing with increased level of completed education and income level. And nonfarm income and employment are highly correlated with gender, skills, household size, and education. This analysis also shows a rather heterogeneous impact pattern of individual characteristics across the income distribution, but education is important for all levels of income. Agricultural producer income analyses reveal that producers' income monotonically increases with land size and with completed education level, and positively correlates with road access and use of electricity, fertilizer, and irrigation. Finally, farms operated by women are slightly more productive than farms operated by men.
Monograph on the rural worker and rural labour markets (human resources planning) in the USA - includes chapters on the rural community (incl. Small farmers, rural migration, agricultural policy implications and trends), non-farm rural industry, manpower programmes designed to promote rural development, the promotion of organizations such as rural cooperatives, trade unions and community development corporations, etc. Bibliographys, references and statistical tables.
Conference paper on the rural area labour market, migration and economic development in Africa - includes a bibliography pp. 40 to 47 and statistical tables. Conference held in BAD godesberg 1972 aug 26 to September 4.
