Income diversification and household welfare in Uganda 1992–2012

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ID11929503
AuthorsRumman Khan (0000-0003-3735-9730, Keele University, corresponding author), Oliver Morrissey (0000-0002-4373-3170, University of Nottingham)
Year2023
Volume116
Pages102421-102421
Publication date2023-03-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFood Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0306-9192 • E-ISSN: 1873-5657
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102421
OpenAlexW3021658066
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited24

We use five waves of household surveys in Uganda, from 1992/3 to 2011/12, to study income diversification and its effect on the welfare of rural and urban households during a period of sustained economic growth and poverty reduction, comparing the 1990s to the 2000s, and disaggregating by gender of the household head. Diversification is measured in terms of access to incomes from agriculture (farming), agricultural wage, self-employment (informal), wage employment and remittances. The analysis shows substantial and evolving variation in the effects of diversification across rural/urban locations and gender of the household head. Diversification became increasingly beneficial for welfare over time in rural areas, particularly for male headed households, but not for female headed households that diversified into agricultural wage employment. Diversification was also important for the livelihoods of urban households, but with large differences across male and female headed households likely reflecting differentials in the returns to non-agricultural employment. Remittances were associated with increasing welfare in the 2000s for all households, although the proportion of households receiving remittances has been declining

Agriculture · Business · Demographic economics · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Household income · Labour economics · Livelihood · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Wage · Wage labour · Welfare · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

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