Forskningsartikel2019Vetenskapligt granskadÖppen tillgång
Spatial spillovers and households’ involvement in the non-farm sector: evidence from rural Rwanda.
Nilsson, Pia
Sammanfattning
This paper tests for external effects of local economic activity on non-farm income using survey data from Rwanda. The empirical analysis uses a random sample of 8071 households and a multilevel model to mitigate correlations between individual outcomes and geographical variables. Findings show a positive association between a higher initial local diversity of economic activity and non-farm earnings. Results also point to the importance of access to markets and services indicating that an important part of a household's capacity to earn non-farm income is associated with factors that are external to the household.
Nyckelord
Rwanda; non-farm; spatial spillovers; industry diversity; multilevel
Publicerad i
Regional Studies
2019, Volym: 53, nummer: 5, sidor: 731-740
UKÄ forskningsämne
Nationalekonomi
Publikationens identifierare
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1482415
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/114082