Regional disparities in off-farm employment and their impact on agricultural production and sales - evidence from Romania
During the transition towards a market economy in Romania most enterprises established at the time of industrialization and urbanization project of the communist period reduced or stopped their activity and many employees lost their jobs. A reverse migration from urban to rural areas took place, thu...
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Published in | Rural Areas and Development Vol. 5; pp. 255 - 275 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
2007
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Edition | 740 |
Series | 5 Rural areas and development |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | During the transition towards a market economy in Romania most enterprises established at the time of industrialization and urbanization project of the communist period reduced or stopped their activity and many employees lost their jobs. A reverse migration from urban to rural areas took place, thus contributing to the increase in employment and underemployment in agriculture - the main occupation in the rural areas. The emerging farmers without necessary production factors, know-how and confronted with inadequate input and output markets decreased their agricultural sales and purchase of agricultural goods, while increasing self-consumption in the household. Given the interaction between unemployment, the increase of employment in agriculture and consequently in self-consumption in the households, the paper analyzes how the differences in the off-farm employment opportunities in the different regions impact agricultural commercialization. |
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ISBN: | 9788360789379 |
DOI: | 10.22004/ag.econ.173101 |