Open AccessAporte del empleo fuera de finca a los ingresos de hogares indígenas y mestizos de la Amazonía ecuatoriana
Author(s) -
Cristian Vasco,
Richard E. Bilsborrow
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
economía agraría y recursos naturales/economía agraria y recursos naturales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2174-7350
pISSN - 1578-0732
DOI - 10.7201/earn.2016.01.01.
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , indigenous , tobit model , geography , welfare economics , wage , agriculture , coca , economics , socioeconomics , labour economics , biology , archaeology , ecology , econometrics
This study examines the process of income diversification among indigenous and mestizo households settled in one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. The results of a random-effect tobit model show that agricultural wage work is the principal income source for homes with scarce or no land. Self-employment employs households with low endowments of education but high endowments of capital. Non-agricultural wage income absorbs educated individuals either indigenous or mestizo.