Can human capital variables be technology changing? An empirical test for rural households in Burkina Faso

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fleur Wouterse
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Rural Households

scholarly journals Correlates of human capital expenditure among rural households in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (335) ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu ◽  
Ayodeji Ojo ◽  
Olamide Oladoyin
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Heckman Selection Model ◽  
Rural Nigeria

Abstract Human capital development is increasingly gaining policy relevance especially with the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study examined the correlates of human capital expenditure in rural Nigeria. General Household Survey dataset collected by the National Bureau of Statistics was used for this study. Descriptive statistical tools, principal components analysis and the Heckman selection model were used to analyse relevant data. The study found majority of the households were male-headed, with an average size of 7 people. In terms of access to education, 62.1% of the surveyed households had access to education and spent an average of NGN 12,570.56 on education. The age of household head, access to loans, marital status and household size were the correlates of human capital expenditure in rural Nigeria. Also, school fees and registration accounted for 41.2% of households’ expenditure on education. The study found paucity of funds, low priority placed on education and low interest were the main constraints to human capital expenditure. The study recommended the design and implementation of pro-poor educational interventions especially for children from rural households. Also, there is the need for government, multilateral organisations and financial institutions to position rural households for financial inclusion.

scholarly journals Child Ability and Household Human Capital Investment Decisions in Burkina Faso

2012 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Akresh ◽  
Emilie Bagby ◽  
Damien de Walque ◽  
Harounan Kazianga
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Human Capital Investment

scholarly journals Toward Cleaner Production: Can Mobile Phone Technology Help Reduce Inorganic Fertilizer Application? Evidence Using a National Level Dataset

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1023
Author(s):  
Nawab Khan ◽  
Ram L. Ray ◽  
Hazem S. Kassem ◽  
Muhammad Ihtisham ◽  
Abdullah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Inorganic Fertilizer ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Promotion Policy ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Promotion Policies ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Increasing agricultural production and optimizing inorganic fertilizer (IF) use are imperative for agricultural and environmental sustainability. Mobile phone usage (MPU) has the potential to reduce IF application while ensuring environmental and agricultural sustainability goals. The main objectives of this study were to assess MPU, mobile phone promotion policy, and whether the mediation role of human capital can help reduce IF use. This study used baseline regression analysis and propensity score matching, difference-in-differences (PSM-DID) to assess the impact of MPU on IF usage. However, the two-stage instrumental variables method (IVM) was used to study the effects of mobile phone promotion policy on IF usage. This study used a national dataset from 7,987 rural households in Afghanistan to investigate the impacts of MPU and associated promotion policies on IF application. The baseline regression outcomes showed that the MPU significantly reduced IF usage. The evaluation mechanism revealed that mobile phones help reduce IF application by improving the human capital of farmers. Besides, evidence from the DID technique showed that mobile phone promotion policies lowered IF application. These results remained robust after applying the PSM-DID method and two-stage IVM to control endogenous decisions of rural households. This study results imply that enhancing the accessibility of wideband in remote areas, promoting MPU, and increasing investment in information communication technologies (ICTs) infrastructure can help decrease the IF application in agriculture. Thus, the government should invest in remote areas to facilitate access to ICTs, such as having a telephone and access to a cellular and internet network to provide an environment and facility to apply IF effectively. Further, particular policy support must focus on how vulnerable populations access the internet and mobile phone technologies.

scholarly journals Impacts of Health Services on Agricultural Labor Productivity of Rural Households in Burkina Faso

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Omer Combary ◽  
Salimata Traore
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Labor Productivity ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Farm Labor ◽  
Agricultural Labor ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article has used the method of instrumental variables to evaluate the impact of health services on the productivity of rural households’ farming labor in Burkina Faso. The distance from the household's homestead to the Health and Social Promotion Center (HSPC) was considered as an instrumental variable. The results revealed that resorting to a HSPC in case of an unexpected illness in the rainy season significantly improves the farm labor productivity by FCFA 3170.5880 per person-day. For improving agricultural productivity, we suggest that public decision-makers should focus on the availability and the quality of HSPC services in rural areas.

SIKAP KEUANGAN RUMAH TANGGA DESA PADA ASPEK PERENCANAAN KEUANGAN

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Perminas Pangeran
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Financial Planning ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Household Finance ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Investment Planning ◽  
Estate Planning ◽  
Financial Attitudes ◽  
Personal Financial Planning

The purpose of this study is to examine the financial attitudes of the rural households toward personal finance planning practices. The personal financial planning is associated withdemografic, human capital, dan economic capital characteristics. A survey data is obtained from 197 rural households by using set of structured quesionnaire. The results reveal a number of interesting findings. First, the economic capitals influence financial attitudes toward insurance, investment, and estate planning. Second, the human capitals, i.e. educationof respondent is also the important factors in influencing financial attitudes toward investment planning. Meanwhile, the demographic characteristics of respondent don’t influence attitudes toward household financial planning practices.Keywords: household finance, money, insurance, investment, retirement, and estate

How Do You Know ‘Resilience’ When You See It? Characteristics of Self-perceived Household Resilience among Rural Households in Burkina Faso

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin T. Crookston ◽  
Bobbi Gray ◽  
Megan Gash ◽  
Veronica Aleotti ◽  
Hannah E. Payne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Rural Households

scholarly journals The Influence of Regional Resident Human Capital Investment on Income Gap Based on the perspective of population migration

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 01028
Author(s):  
Mingfei Ding ◽  
Jinsong Pei
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Data Model ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Population Migration ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
Test Population ◽  
Positive Effect

With the development of China’s economic level and transportation, China’s population migration scale is constantly enhanced, population migration investment way of human capital investment, has a greater impact on the income level of residents. This paper analyzes the mechanism of population migration’s influence on the income gap and research achievements of predecessors, then on the basis of the eight regional division, has analyzed china area ask migration scale and the present situation of the income gap, and finally by constructing panel data model, the empirical test population migration’s influence on regional smell of resident’s income gap. Finally, it is found that investment in population migration has a long-term positive effect on the income gap.

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