Katsushi S. Imai|Raghav Gaiha|Ganesh Thapa
Does non-farm sector employment reduce rural poverty and vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India
University of Manchester|University of Delhi|International Fund for Agricultural Development
present study examines whether rural nonfarm employment poverty andor vulnerabilityreducing effect vietnam india take account sample selection bias associated applied treatmenteffects model found log per capita consumption log mean per capita expenditure significantly increased result access rural nonfarm employment vietnam india consistent poverty reducing role accessing aggregate effect larger vietnam india access rural nonfarm employment significantly reduces vulnerability countries implying diversification household activities nonfarm sector would reduce risks disaggregate nonfarm sector employment type find poverty vulnerability reducing effects much larger sales professionals clerks unskilled manual employment countries however even unskilled manual nonfarm employment significantly reduces poverty vulnerability india poverty years vietnam considerable policy significance rural poor easy access skilled nonfarm employment