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Title:Lifting the blinkers: a new view of power, diversity and poverty in Mozambican rural labour markets
Authors:Cramer, ChristopherISNI
Oya, CarlosISNI
Sender, JohnISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:46
Issue:3
Pages:361-392
Language:English
Geographic term:Mozambique
Subjects:labour market
wage differentials
rural areas
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/30224889
Abstract:This paper presents some results from the largest rural labour market survey yet conducted in Mozambique. Evidence from three provinces - Manica, Nampula and Zambézia - shows that labour markets have a significant impact on the lives of a large number of poor people, and that employers exercise considerable discretion in setting wages and conditions of casual, seasonal and permanent wage employment. The evidence presented comes from a combination of a quantitative survey based on purposive sampling with other techniques, including interviews with large farmers. The findings contrast with ideas that rural labour markets are of limited relevance to poverty reduction policy formulation in Africa. The paper first discusses the rationale for and methodology used in the Mozambique Rural Labour Market Survey. The following sections focus on the survey evidence, covering both types and levels of payment for both agricultural and nonagricultural workers. The article further discusses the political economy of labour control and characteristics of the poorest workers and their labour market prospects. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited]
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