Does non-farm income diversivication in Northern Albania offer an escape from rural poverty?

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The paper uses up-to-date household data from two Northern-Albanian regions. It summarises socio-economic facts on taking up remunerative non-farm employment and identifies the determinants of non-farm income diversification at the farm household level based on a binary logistic regression. Furthermore, the paper provides insight in the northern-Albanian farming structure, migration patterns, attitudes towards and reasons for income diversification into the non-farm sector. Income diversification indeed has a positive impact on the welfare of the households: A statistically significant increasing trend in incomes with rising diversification level was observed.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Stellt außerlandwirtschaftliche Einkommensdiversifizierung einen Ausweg aus der Armut für landwirtschaftliche Haushalte in Nordalbanien dar?
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 119

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics ; International Migration ; Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
• Subject: Non-farm income diversification ; farm households ; migration ; Albania ; Außerlandwirtschaftliche Einkommensdiversifizierung ; landwirtschaftliche Haushalte ; Migration ; Albanien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Meyer, Wiebke ; Möllers, Judith ; Buchenrieder, Gertrud
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
• (where): Halle (Saale)
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/28453
• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-11375
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET