期刊名称：eJADE: Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics
印刷版ISSN：1812-7029
出版年度：2004
卷号：1
期号：1
出版社：Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
摘要：This paper analyzes the roles of agriculture in reducing poverty. Following the methodology proposed by L髉ez (2002), three channels by which agricultural growth reduces poverty are tested: (i) its effects on the real wage of unskilled workers (and/or its possible effect in reducing their unemployment); (ii) the direct impact of agricultural growth on the income of poor farmers; and, (iii) the effect on real food prices. The paper concludes that the pro-poor role of agricultural expansion is dramatic. Agricultural growth tends to improve all measures of poverty significantly with head count falling around 7.3% as a consequence of a 4.5% increase in agricultural output. An important result is that while the economy-wide effects taking place via food prices and especially the labour market are quantitatively important the direct income effects on farmers are almost negligible.
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