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Title: | Income Portfolios in Rural Ethiopia and Tanzania: Choices and Constraints |
Authors: | Dercon, Stefan Krishnan, Pramila |
Year: | 1996 |
Periodical: | Journal of Development Studies |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 6 |
Period: | August |
Pages: | 850-875 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Tanzania |
Subjects: | farmers household income rural households Economics and Trade |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00220389608422443 |
Abstract: | Peasant households in developing countries typically earn income from many different sources. This article, which is based on data from surveys conducted in Ethiopia and Tanzania in 1989-1990, suggests that the different income portfolios held by households cannot be explained by their behaviour towards risk. Behaviour towards risk does play a role, but income diversification is better explained by differences in ability, location, and access to credit. The article focuses on three broad sources of income: cropping, livestock rearing and off-farm activities. A logit analysis of households with different income portfolios, controlling for the effects of location, suggests that entry into high-return activities is determined by investment in particualr skills or by access to capital. App., bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. |