Rural Infrastructure and its Implication to Labor Market Participation in Jimma Zone, South-West Ethiopia
Journal: Open Journal for Research in Economics (Vol.3, No. 2)Publication Date: 2020-09-17
Authors : Minyahil Alemu; Amsalu Dachito;
Page : 67-80
Keywords : infrastructure; labor supply; market participation; multinomial logit.;
Abstract
Rural economy remain the back bone of Ethiopian economy absorbing tremendous labor share while how these labor market behave in rural economy of Ethiopia is yet uncovered. Besides the appreciated role of rural access to basic infrastructure with reference to rural labor supply decision, the topic is not bold in domestic literature. Considering this inadequate attention to the topic, we tried to examine the impact of rural infrastructure provision on individual labor supply, and assess the implication with each component of rural services to household participation decision in the labor market, using household survey from Jimma zone. Our multinomial logit regression indicated that rural services like education, health, credit, market information and access to all-weather-road are important considerations with regard to individual labor supply decision in farm and off-farm activities. It would be better to enhance rural access to efficient agricultural extension as well as other basic services towards empowering rural livelihood, and ensuring economic transformation at large.
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