A Propensity Score Matching Analysis of the Impact of Participation in Non-farm Enterprise Activities on Household Wellbeing in Rural Nigeria

Published Date

2014, Vol.1:26–32, doi:10.1016/j.umkpro.2014.07.004

International Agribusiness Marketing Conference 2013

Open Access, Creative Commons license

Title 

A Propensity Score Matching Analysis of the Impact of Participation in Non-farm Enterprise Activities on Household Wellbeing in Rural Nigeria ☆

• Author 

• Abdulaziz Shehu 
• Shaufique F. Sidique ^,

• Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Available online 4 August 2014.

Abstract

The recent data of nationally representative sample of 3380 households from rural Nigeria was used to examine the effects of participation in non-farm enterprise activities on household wellbeing. The propensity score matching result shows that participation in nonfarm enterprise activities has a significant positive impact on household wellbeing by all measures. This suggests that non-farm enterprises could be a pathway for improving the wellbeing of rural households in developing countries.

Keywords

• Non-farm enterprises
• household wellbeing
• rural Nigeria

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