@article{Kibru:343241,
      recid = {343241},
      author = {Kibru, Martha},
      title = {Labor allocation to Non-agricultural Activities in Rural  Ethiopia: A Gender Perspective},
      journal = {Ethiopian Journal of Economics},
      address = {2020-04-01},
      number = {683-2024-3033},
      month = {Apr},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {The aim of this paper is to identify factors influencing  labor allocation decisions of adult members of farm  households in rural Ethiopia. The analysis is done using a  Two Part Model (TPM) based on data pooled from the first  three waves of the Ethiopian Rural Socio-economic Surveys  (ERSS). The results show that labor allocation is  influenced by both incentive (pull/push factors) and  capacity factors such as education, land size, livestock  possession and non-labor income. Besides, the results  suggest that there is a gender disparity in the allocation  of labor to nonagricultural activities in rural Ethiopia.  That is, female members of farm households are more likely  to participate in nonagricultural works, and when they do,  they also work more hours than the male members.  Furthermore, gender differences are observed in some  factors such as education, number of infants in a  household, and non-labor income that affect labor  allocation decisions. Therefore, policies that aim at  improving efficiency of labor allocation in rural areas  should take into consideration differences in responses to  various factors that affect decisions of male and female  members of farm households.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/343241},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.343241},
}