Addai Kwabena Nyarko, Ng'ombe John N, Lu Wencong
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC USA.
J Econ Inequal. 2023;21(1):83-104. doi: 10.1007/s10888-022-09543-9. Epub 2022 Aug 9.
This study examines disaggregated impacts of participation in off-farm employment on household vulnerability to food poverty in Ghana. We use household-level data collected from smallholder farmers in Ghana. This study employs the multinomial endogenous switching regression model to account for selection bias due to both observed and unobserved heterogeneity. Our results indicate that participation in off-farm employment activities, such as petty trading, significantly decreases household vulnerability to food poverty. Our findings further show that households that do participate in arts and crafts as an off-farm activity are more vulnerable to food poverty had they not participated. This paper provides useful policy insights to enable smallholders involved in off-farm work activities to improve food consumption expenditure and reduce their risk of food poverty.
本研究考察了参与非农业就业对加纳家庭粮食贫困脆弱性的细分影响。我们使用了从加纳小农户收集的家庭层面数据。本研究采用多项内生转换回归模型来解释由于观察到的和未观察到的异质性导致的选择偏差。我们的结果表明，参与非农业就业活动，如小买卖，显著降低了家庭粮食贫困脆弱性。我们的研究结果还表明，那些作为非农业活动参与手工艺的家庭，如果不参与，就更容易陷入粮食贫困。本文提供了有用的政策见解，以使参与非农业工作活动的小农户能够增加粮食消费支出并降低其粮食贫困风险。
