Type | Journal Article - World Development |
Title | The determinants of nonfarm income diversification in Rural Peru |
Author(s) | |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 3 |
Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2001 |
Page numbers | 497-5 |
URL | http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:29:y:2001:i:3:p:497-508 |
Abstract | This paper shows that in Peruvian rural areas, there has been substantial growth over the past decade in household employment outside of own-farming. At present 51% of the net income of rural households comes from these off-farm activities, and thus they certainly cannot be considered as marginal. |