TITLE:  Non-Agricultural Labor from Rural Farmers in Bolivia: Determinants and Effects

AUTHORS: Lykke E. Andersen, Beatriz Muriel, Horacio Valencia

DATE: April 2009

ABSTRACT:   

This paper analyses non-agricultural work supplied by rural households in Bolivia. It is shown that roughly 50% of all rural households complement their incomes through non-agricultural work, but that households in the lowlands are more likely to do so than households in the highlands. Since non-agricultural work pays several times better than agricultural work, access to this source of complementary income constitutes an important opportunity to escape rural poverty. 

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