Participation in Informal Off-farm Labor Market and its Impact on Household Income and Food Security in Malawi
| dc.creator | Sitienei, Isaac | |
| dc.creator | Mishra, Ashok K. | |
| dc.creator | Gillespie, Jeffrey | |
| dc.creator | Khanal, Aditya R. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T17:00:18Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T07:41:05Z | |
| dc.description | Most rural households in Malawi often opt to supplement their farm income with additional casual work on the farms of others (“ganyu” labor). However, there is a growing concern that such informal off-farm work will eventually drive rural households into absolute poverty. Using data from a 2010 Malawi household survey, this study seeks to explore this conjecture, first by examining the factors that motivate rural households to participate in informal off-farm work (ganyu) and later evaluate its outcome. Results from the average treatment effect indicate that participating in ganyu increases an individual‟s annual total off-farm income. On the other hand, it has a negative effect on own-farm income. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.162498 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162498/files/SAEA%20selected%20paper_2014SitieneiEtAl.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162498 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/591034 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/162498 | |
| dc.title | Participation in Informal Off-farm Labor Market and its Impact on Household Income and Food Security in Malawi | |
| dc.type | Text |