Working Poor? A Study of Rural Workers' Economic Welfare in Kenya
(2021) In Journal of International Development 33(1). p.41-69- Abstract
- This study employs a mixed methods approach to investigate the poverty reduction potential of large‐scale farm employment in Kenya. A long‐run time series of real agricultural wages is created. The quantitative data are supplemented by life‐story interviews of agricultural workers. The analysis suggests that large‐scale farm employment can serve as a route out of deep poverty. However, to prevent wages from falling below the subsistence level, there is a need for a balanced rural development strategy whereby investments in smallholder agriculture and skills upgrades accompany the expansion of commercial agriculture.
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- author
- Fibaek, Maria LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-01-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- wages, employment, rural Africa, large-scale farming, poverty
- in
- Journal of International Development
- volume
- 33
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 29 pages
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85090462508
- ISSN
- 1099-1328
- DOI
- 10.1002/jid.3511
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 684d2944-6294-467e-a915-73bec4132e10
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- 2020-09-24 15:57:55
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