Determinants of Wage Labor P Articii' Ation Among the Afar Pastoralists: The Case of Amibara District
| dc.contributor.advisor | Emana, Bezabeh (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Getachew, Abraham | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T07:30:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T07:30:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:56:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The pastoral sector in A/hI' region has supported the community/or many years in the past. However, it has been/acing a challenge /01' the past jive decades after commercial irrigated farming was considered as a development intervention in the area. Due to the intervention, the Afar pastoralism underwent major trans/ormation mainly because 0/ the changes in land use. These changes undermined the functioning 0/ the pastoral system. The overall process contributed to impol'erishment, resource scarcity, vulnerability to drought and deepening ecological crisis. The deteriorating living conditions have forced the pastoral communities to diversi/jl their actil'ities by engaging in non-pastoral pursuits to supplement their income. Among these subsidiary income-generating activities, wage labor in the irrigated/arms is one(Ql'lnaloption. The pili pose a/this study was to assess the overall/eatures of/emil wage employment in general and its determinants in particular. To meet this objective, a household survey was undertaken during March 2004. The survey covered six Kebeles 0/ Amibara district of Afar region. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select sample households. Descriptive and econometric methods were used to analyze the datel The descriptive analysis used included independent t-test, Chi-square test, fiequencies, means and percentages. The econometric analysis applied logistic regression model. The survey result provided a glimpse o/the importance of the sector/or employment and its role in the survival 0/ the household. But given the insignificant number of A/elI'S in stable and better paying jobs, it is difficult to conclude that wage employment has resulted in a greater improvement in household l"ell-being in this regard, socio-economic f elctors and local characteristics l"ere/aund to in/luence wage labor participatiol1. The logit lIIodel indicated age, wealth and distance determined significantly and negatil'ely. ll'hereas education and attitude determined significantly and positively the probability 0/ engaging in wage employment. Considering the impartance 0/ alterative employment opportunities in the fiilure, promoting education and training as well as giving support to the pasroral and tramport sector were recommended as strategies /01' success in promoring wage emp!oymenl. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/11376 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wage labor | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pastoralists | en_US |
| dc.subject | off-farm employment | en_US |
| dc.title | Determinants of Wage Labor P Articii' Ation Among the Afar Pastoralists: The Case of Amibara District | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |