Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child's Education
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Labor supply, income, and welfare of the farm household
Article history: Received 14 January 2011 Received in revised form 9 March 2012 Accepted 11 March 2012 Available online 28 March 2012 JEL classification: D1 J2 Q1
متن کاملFarm Income Variability and the Supply of Off-Farm Labor
If farmers are risk averse, greater farm income variability should increase off-farm labor supply. This effect is confirmed for a sample of Kansas farmers. Off-farm employment of farmers and their spouses is also found to be significantly influenced by farm experience, off-farm work experience, farm size, leverage, efficiency, and farm-specific education. In addition, farm operators and spouses...
متن کاملOff-Farm Income, Technology Adoption, and Farm Economic Performance
The economic well-being of most U.S. farm households depends on income from both onfarm and off-farm activities. Consequently, for many farm households, economic decisions (including technology adoption and other production decisions) are likely to be shaped by the allocation of managerial time among such activities. While time allocation decisions are usually not measured directly, we observe ...
متن کاملMulti-agent Simulation Approach on the Impact of Agricultural Land-use Change Adaptation Strategy (farm Credit) on Farm Household Livelihood in Semi-arid Ghana
This study applied multi agent simulation to investigate the impact of farm credit (an agricultural land-use change adaptation strategy) on farm household livelihood. General household and land use data were obtained from 186 sampled household. Two household types were identified; the first household type was better-off in terms of land area cultivated and income generated from rain-fed rice. O...
متن کاملPrevalence of bovine tuberculosis in a dairy cattle farm and a research farm in Ghana.
The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and to identify the mycobacterial species causing BTB in a dairy farm and research farm. Six hundred and eighty-five cattle were screened for BTB by using the Comparative intradermal tuberculin test (CTT). Positive reactors were slaughtered and carcasses were taken for isolation of mycobacterial species. This was f...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: African Development Review
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1017-6772
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12170